WBGS Cabinet Tables Kiir’s 2011 'Nobel Peace Award' Bill Western Bahr el Ghazal State council of ministers tabled the South Sudan’s 2011 Nobel Peace prize presidential award bill to the honourable members for endorsement on Monday.28 June 2011 WBGS Assembly Members during the award bill proceedings [©Gurtong]By James Deng Dimo WAU, 28th June, 2011 [Gurtong] - Western Bahr el Ghazal State council of ministers tabled the South Sudan’s 2011 Nobel Peace prize presidential award bill to the honourable members for endorsement on Monday.
Due to the excellence performance of the president of the new Republic of Southern Sudan (to be recognized by June 9th), H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit for his 5 years term in the office, the State Government of Western Bahr el Ghazal, under the leadership of Brig. General Rizik Zackaria Hussan has vowed to award the president with the Nobel Peace Prize. In accordance with the provisions of schedule C read together with Article 53 and 54 of the interim constitution of Western Bahr el Ghazal State, 2008, this bill was drafted by the Council of Ministers, then tabled before the State Legislative Assembly for perusal and award to H.E Cde. General Salva Kiir Mayardit. The bill may be cited as the Nobel peace prize 2011 and shall come into force on the date of its signature by the State Governor Hon. Rizik Zackaria Hussan. During the reading, Governor Hussan said that the purpose of the Bill was to provide for the creation of a peace prize to be awarded to General Kiir Mayardit in the fourth coming celebrations of the 9th July Independence Day as an honour to him. The peace prize shall be awarded to H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit for the following reasons:- “Most of the Sudanese (Northern and Southern) thought that the passing away of Cde. Dr. John Garang de Maboir signalled the end of the SPLA/M but, the emergence of Cde General Salva Kiir Mayardit turned out to be the true continuation of what the South Sudanese had hope to achieve for more than 50 years” said in the prize Bill draft. This had been so because of Cde General Salva Kiir Mayardit’s keenness and dedication to promote peace and stability to the people of Southern Sudan that have just come out from a protracted conflict. The Bill described that throughout the last six years of the interim period, South Sudan administration has overcome many challenges ranging from communal conflicts to verbal provocation triggered by the coalition partner, the NCP. Kiir’s tolerant and accommodative approaches enable him to be a restrain from all kinds of provocative moves and instead he worked toward uniting the communities in South Sudan and ensured the realization of the dreams of the martyrs who lost their lives upon over two decades of the civil war. The Nobel Peace prize draft said “through Kiir’s efforts, he has been instrumental in bringing about the radical change in the mentality of the Sudanese people as shown by the emergence of the concept of the new Sudan which indicated the symbol of unity among South Sudanese in particular and the marginalized people in general.” “Through his popularity and charismatic character, he managed to win the respect of the Army (SPLA) and united all the Southern military and political leadership under one entity” the draft bill quoted. At the Western Bahr el Ghazal State level H.E. Cde. Salva Kiir Mayardit has always been an icon for the people of WBGS to rally behind the SPLA/M principles which are evident in the peaceful co – existence of the various ethnic groups in the State. His direct supervision and follow-up of the State police provided security and good governance for WBGS as well as his strong support during the registration, elections and referendum voting process culminated in the democratically elected government and unanimous of the citizens of the State for cessation of South Sudan from the north. The principles of taking development from the town to the rural areas can be seen in the development of the ongoing projects at the sub County headquarters. Considering the general feeling of the people of WBGS, the above are just a few reasons for support which we believe qualifies Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit to be awarded the peace prize. He has also managed to steer the ship well up to the shore although many difficulties that rocked the boat. “The awarded Nobel peace prize by Western Bahr el Ghazal State Government to the president will be sent to the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly for final endorsement,” said Andrea Mayar Acho, the State speaker. While speaking to Gurtong correspondent in Wau, Hon. James Giir Wol and Hon. Paulino Apinyi Akol said that, the decision made by the State government to award president Kiir is welcome by all the State Honourable Members, describing this as good way to thank the president. 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.
