South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"
By Awan Achiek
The Archbishop of Central Equatoria, the Internal Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, has called upon South Sudanese to embrace the spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness.
Dr. Paul Benjamin Yugusuk, made this call on occasion to mark 13 anniversary independence on Tuesday.
“We must acknowledge that over the years, our struggle, our disagreement have resulted in wounds to be healed. It is time for us to put reconciliation, healing and forgiveness on the agenda. We must prioritize this agenda,” Dr. Benjamin said.
Dr. Benjamin stressed the need to nurture the values and principles of democracy and good governance in order to promote human rights.
“We must work to eradicate poverty, strengthen decentralization and encourage the culture of hard work. We must begin to nurture the values and principles of democracy and good governance and promote human rights,” he said.
“As we work out of transition, we must all strive to ensure that values of our independence struggle are enshrined in our constitution.”
Prelate said South Sudan must accept the fact that the governance system has failed to deliver.
“As we celebrate this year’s independence, we must accept that our governance system has failed. In best governance practice, citizens delegate power and responsibility to the government to govern on their behalf,” he said.
“The government thus governs in consideration to the will of the people. This was our aspiration during the tyrannical regime of Sudan.”
