South Sudan SPLA anniversary celebrations postponed in Bor
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May 13, 2011 (BOR)- The Joglei state government announced on Friday
that the state is not ready for the celebrations marking the inception
of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), scheduled for 16 May,
and proposed that they postponed to an unknown date.
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Deputy governor of Jonglei state, Hussein Maar Nyuot speaking at
conference hall in Bor, May 11, 2011 (ST)
Speaking to Sudan Tribune on Friday in Bor, deputy governor, Hussein
Maar Nyuot said the state the inception the length of the postponment
willl be disclosed after meetings are held with the Government of
South Sudan (GoSS) in Juba.
Maar said his state needs more time and money to extend the airstrip
to accommodate planes landing and taking off on the celebratory day.
They need to improve existing roads connecting the new stadium with
and town.
South Sudanese living in remote places started arriving in the state
as the few vehicles were seen entering Bor town ahead of the day
following the announcement made by Maar on 11 May, asking the
Southerners to come to Bor to celebrate. Addressing the pressmen on 11
May, Maar told journalists that Jonglei is almost finishing
preparations, asking southerners to start coming to Jonglei to
celebrate. 16 May is a commemoration of the day SPLA rebellion broke
out in Malualchat, five miles outside Bor town where the first bullets
were shot against the Khartoum regime.
Southerners will celebrate the independence of the Republic of South
Sudan on 9 July 2011. This comes after a plebiscite in which the
majority of South Sudanese voted in favour of separation from north
Sudan. The vote was carried out in accordance with a stipulation of
the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended more than two decades
of civil war between the neighbours in 2005. (ST)
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