Joseph Wol Modesto, the Secretary General of the Communist Party of South Sudan on Monday revealed a flaw in the ongoing peace talks in Nairobi.
While speaking to Radio Tamazuj, a South Sudan media outlet, Wol revealed that the talks were not inclusive and did not engage all political parties in the country.
Additionally, he added that the talks were going off-topic and were resolving some minor issues instead of first resolving major problems affecting the South Sudan citizens.
"The Tumaini thing is now talking about the constitution-making process yet this is not the time for that. It is important to have time for the constitution-making process but not now. The thing will be done after we have finished without problems because we have real problems which must be solved first," he stated.
"There should be a government of technocrats to take over the situation after and this government which we have now should be dissolved and a new government takes over after the negotiation but the talks in Nairobi are still going to maintain the same government which means the same incompetence will also be maintained."
On inclusivity, Wol complained that the talks did not have proper representation to ensure the agreements benefit a majority of South Sudanese citizens.
The party leader added that the talks being led by President William Ruto should include holdout political parties or other groups which are yet to participate.
"We have one important thing and that is representation," he emphasised.
According to Wol, some of the parties present in the Nairobi talks were not representing the views of the people but were only representing themselves and championing their interests.
Furthermore, he argued that if this continues, when the delegates return to Juba, none of the agreed plans will be implemented. He gave examples of other situations where the agreed points are often not implemented.
"We do not want this thing to be the same and there is still time now to go back to guarantee the implementation of whatever they agree on in Nairobi," he added.
President Salva Kiir selected President Ruto to lead the peace talks in December last year. The Kenyan Head of State is expected to mediate between South Sudanese government officials and rebel groups to restore peace in the East African country.
