Rumbek Youth Union Supports SPLA’s Stay In Heglig
Thousands of Lakes state youths in Rumbek took to streets on Monday to demonstrate against the statement released by United Nation Chief Ban Ki-moon that President Salva Kiir should withdraw its forces from the oil rich region of Heglig (Panthou). 18 April 2012 By Gabriel Mayom RUMBEK, April 18th, 2012 [Gurtong] While addressing the demonstrators at Rumbek freedom square, the Union's Chairperson Mr. Manyiel Dut Kok articulated that youths across the state’s 8 counties joined to support their president’s choice to keep SPLA forces in Heglig. Mr. Dut noted that “we wrote to petition the UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon to be fair in mind and to approach the political situation in South Sudan and Sudan carefully and not to take sides. The Republic of South Sudan is a sovereign state; so our president is the commander-in-chief.” He called upon the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) to make fair rulings. Dut recalled how “silent” South Sudan was when the UN never compelled Khartoum to withdraw its forces from Abyei during last year’s attacks. “We the South Sudan citizens are calling on the International community to be very fair in judging the current stalemate. The UN should speed up the talks and resolve the current worsening situation between the two States,” he added. He vowed that Lakes state citizens are ready to defend their borders including Abyei and beyond. The youths chanted as they displayed messages in placards condemning the continued bombardment within South Sudan’s territory. The demonstration also meant to boost the morale of SPLA forces in the front line. They marched to UNMISS compound main gate in Rumbek to present their petitions. In other news, the leader of SPLM youth league and member of parliament Mr. Akol Paul Kordit has told parliamentarians to be watchful that the situation might escalate to a full blown war and urged them to be prepared. He further said that the country should be prepared to donate blood for the soldiers who may have been wounded in the war. He challenged the legislators to lead by example through contributing for the SPLA operations by cutting 10% of their salaries before they would ask the poor citizens to contribute. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
