Dr. Lam Akol, member of South Sudan Opposition Alliance | File Photo

The leader of the Opposition SPLM-DC, Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, says the power sharing proportions suggested by the IGAD mediation team will not help resolve the conflict in South Sudan.

The mediators proposed that the Government will be allocated 53 percent of the ministerial portfolios, while the SPLM-SPLA in Opposition takes 33 percent.

The former political detainees and the other political parties will be allocated 14 percent.

However, Dr. Lam says the conflict can only end when the warring parties address the root causes of the crisis and reach a lasting peace agreement.

He said: “The conflict will never end by any power sharing ratios, however just they could be. The conflict will end when we address the root causes of the conflict, and the root causes of the conflict are identifiable, they are clear and this is to do with the way we have been running this country for the last ten years.”

“We had enormous amount of money and it was eaten by corruption where accounts of individuals swelled from zero to millions and the country was suffering.”

Dr. Akol urged IGAD to ensure that the other political parties and all the stakeholders be allowed to go to Addis Ababa to

“We are saying that we should be in Addis Ababa, this is what we are recommending to IGAD and that if you want a just and a sustainable peace, we need to be in Addis Abba because we speak for the people, and all the other stakeholders should be in Addis Ababa,” he said.

“These rations you are talking about are a result of bilateral mechanism of talking; it is because it is the two parties that have been talking all this time. So they give themselves the biggest of whatever is there. It can only be corrected if you have an inclusive peace talk.”

IGAD is yet to announce a new date for the talks for the parties to discuss the proposal. But the government and the SPLM in Opposition have expressed their rejection of the proposal.