Governor Not Dismissed, Relieved Army Rank: Minister
The Eastern Equatoria State government has dismissed information spreading in the state that the state governor, Louis Lobong Lojore has been sacked saying that the information is false. 17 February 2013 The official spokesperson for the state government, Felix Otuduha Siro dismissed the information through an announcement in the state owned radio.[ Gurtong | File] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 16 February 2013 [Gurtong] – The official spokesperson for the state government, Felix Otuduha Siro dismissed the information through an announcement in the state owned radio. Siro said that Governor Louis Lobong Lojore was only relieved off the army rank by the President of the Republic of South Sudan, General Salva Kiiir Mayardit through a decree and that Louis Lobong is still the state governor. There was false information being spread in the state that the governor had been sacked by the president as was done to the former Lakes State governor Chol Mayay in January. However, the South Sudan President Salva Kiir had just dismissed several senior army officers including four State Governors from their ranks in the army. The presidential decree discharged Unity State Governor Taban Deng Gai, the Governor of Eastern Equatoria State Louis Lobong Lojore, the governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal State Rizik Hassan Zakaria, and the governor of Upper Nile State Simon Kun Pouch. The president also issued another decree relieving 118 SPLA brigadiers putting them on reserve. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
