WES and Lake State Governors Resolve Mvolo Conflicts The Governors of Lakes State, Chol Tong Mayay and Western Equatoria State, WES, Col. Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro have confirmed to the media on their final resolutions over the Mvolo County conflict which started early February.13 April 2011 (L-R) – Governor Joseph Bakosoro, Dr. Barnaba Marila, Governor Chol Tong [©Gurtong] By Juma John Stephen JUBA, 12th April, 2011 [Gurtong] – The Governors of Lakes State, Chol Tong Mayay and Western Equatoria State, WES, Col. Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro have confirmed to the media on their final resolutions over the Mvolo County conflict which started early February.
The Governors attended the Security Committee Meeting of the Government of Southern Sudan and presented their resolutions. The meeting adopted all the resolutions and a High Level Delegation in the level of the Government of Southern Sudan has been formed headed by the Minister of SPLA Affairs, Nhail Deng Nhail and other members. The meeting recommended the immediate deployment of SPLA/Police forces from Juba directly to the affected areas. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Government of Southern Sudan, Dr. Barnaba Marila Benjamin said that the Government was happy for the conflict resolutions. “We are happy as a government that they have reached an agreement and this will be an example to our other States Governors who might have similar problems in their boarders that they can resolve amicable” Dr. Bernaba added. “We agreed that resolution on hostility must take place immediately, return of Internally Displaced Persons, and deployment of police/SPLA on the buffer-zone, Humanitarian Agencies to supply food and seeds for three months, immediate peace and reconciliation conference must be conducted,” Said Governor Chol. They asked the Government of Southern Sudan to send a delegation to investigate the incident and the two Commissioners are also expected to implement the resolutions of the conference. The Governor Joseph Bakosoro urged all the politicians to stop instigating communities in to conflict. “Am appealing to all politicians from both sides that we should desist from instigating our communities into conflict. Such kind of instigations lessens our populations because we are killing each other. We should encourage our communities to live in peace,” Governor Bakosoro added. Joseph reiterated that all the leaders on this region especially the two States need to be together, love each other, avoid their differences and continue to exert their efforts to avoid hostilities among themselves. “We are committed to see that the resolutions are implemented and we are going to encourage our commissioners to begin negotiating and discussing to avoid any suspicions,” Joseph said. The two Governors condemned the loss of lives and promised stop any conflict arising in the area. The security forces were deployed yesterday. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
