Jonglei prepared for SPLA anniversary; mixed response from residents
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By John Actually May 11, 2011 (BOR)-After two months of preparation,
Jonglei government officially declared its readiness for the Sudan
People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) 16 May anniversary celebrations.
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The deputy Governor, Hussein Maar Nyuot speaking at the conference
hall in Bor, May 11, 2011 (ST)
Speaking at the press conference in Bor, the state deputy governor,
Hussein Maar Nyuot said the state has finished preparations, asking
for South Sudanese to attend en mass.
Maar said this year’s celebration in Bor is crucial for Southerners
since the 1983 rebellion that will be concluded with the decleration
of the independence of the Republic of South Sudan on 9 July 2011,
began in Bor.
The north-south civil war in Sudan that killed over 2 million people
started broke out for the second time in 1983 in Bor with the first
bullet shot by then major, Kharbino Kuanyin Bol, with less than 500
troops in garrison 105 in the small town of Malualchat at around
5.00am local time, five miles away from Bor along Juba-Bor road.
In 2005 north and South Sudan signed a peace agreement, a stipulation
of of which was the right of the South Sudanese to self-determination.
In January 2011 the South Sudanese voted overwhelming in a plebiscite
in favour of secession from north Sudan.
Governor Maar also said the insecurity in the state should not
dissuade guests from attending as the cattle raiding issues are far
from the capital, Bor.
He said the state has a new ministry and a new Egyptian built and
funded clinic, scheduled to be opened officially by the South Sudan
president, Salva Kiir on the celebratory day.
The celebration plans received mixed responses from Bor dwellers. An
SPLA Major from Khoriom Battalion, John Gatwich, who lost his left
leg in the war, said that “the greatest and longest world civil war”
having reached the “light of independence” should be celebrated.
On the other hand, an anonymous returnee from the capital in north
Sudan, Khartoum, said he did not see it as a day of celebration. He
said they had suffered for more than 20 years in Khartoum at the hands
of people who had been incensed by the actions of the SPLA. He said
his father was killed in Khartoum by National Islamic Front [NIF] in
1990 after he was accussed of supporting the SPLA. He said he had
nothing to thank the SPLA movement as he can not return to his home in
Khartoum.
NIF has been influencing Sudanese politics since the 1960’s. It is run
by Hassan al-Turabi. NIF created the National Congress Party which is
headed by Omar al-Bashir and rules Sudan. After a rift, Bashir and
Turabi have had a tumultuos relationship, with Turabi spending time
under house arrest and in jail.
He said the government of South Sudan in Juba and the states does not
give jobs to people like him, who returned from Khartoum with
Secondary certificates in Arabic. He said the government is favouring
the East African returnees with Secondary certificates in English.
(ST)
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