S. Sudan’s Kiir calls for elections before end of interim period
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August 16, 2016 (JUBA)- August 16, 2016 (JUBA) - South Sudanese
President, Salva Kiir, has unexpectedly called for an early election,
two years ahead of schedule and before the completion of the
implementation of the peace agreement which recommends a lot of
institutional and political reforms for two and a half years of the
transitional period.
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South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (Photo: Reuters)
President Kiir made the remarks weeks after he dislodged from Juba his
former first deputy Riek Machar who is currently on the run in
Equatoria region. The President said it was time to renew mandate from
the people in an early election, which he believes to have no
challenger.
“I believe we need a new mandate and trust from the people. I will
therefore consult with other political leaders and pursue our
transitional constitution provisions in order to reach general
consensus on expediting electoral process," announced president Kiir
in a speech on Monday in the national parliament.
He said the reason for calling for an early election is to avoid
attempts to ascend to the office by other means than elections,
claiming some people may take advantage of lack of new mandate from
the people.
"We need to hear the voice of the people. If [we] don’t do so, may be
someone will wake up one day and declare a coup,” he told members of
parliament.
He also called for public support to continue to press ahead with
economics and security reforms, his ambitious plan to kick-start the
young nation’s stagnant economic growth using heavy government
spending and economic reforms.
The president failed to say whether he would step down or not but
called for unity as the only way to ensure success and development in
the country.
“The road to prosperity should be paved with unity, not divisions,
with goodwill and hard work, not endless futile conflict,” he said.
The head of state expressed optimism that his country would one day
overcome challenges it is grappling to address.
“We believed and still believe that we can escape the dreaded curse of
Africa: the perpetual ethnic and tribal discord, violence and the
political instability and dysfunction which have sad characterized
many African countries in the last fifty years. We believe we can do
much better than that. We can learn from the experiences of others so
that we do not repeat mistakes that constrained so many African
leaders and led to their failure to develop their countries and
deliver services to their people,” he said while reading it from a
text.
“I still believe in that dream. I am confident we can turn our own
experiences and challenges into success despite current political
instability and insecurity that some people want to make a trade mark
of South Sudan,” he added.
Elections in the war-ravaged nation were scheduled to be conducted in
2018 in accordance with the timetable outlined in the August 2015
peace deal.
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16 August 22:41, by Mr Point
He’s exhausted any trust he may have once had, with his endless
futile inter tribal warfare.
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17 August 04:30, by dinkdong
This guy must be drunk. How can he suggested doing election in
before the interim period end? It is because we don’t have any other
choices otherwise he and Riek are curses to this country.
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17 August 05:13, by Lorolokin
President INU is totally drunk that why JCE make it easy to
manipulate this poor innocent victim (PIV)
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17 August 06:50, by Joseph Canada
Its anew way to dodge ICC. He also try to play that game so that
when he lose election, then he will be called a former President and
therefore live happily. Also the Ugandan govt. have shut him down and
he have seen his death coming. All roads that leads to Juba from the
outside are all Blocked!!.hahahaha. the booby-trap is about to get the
rat!!
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17 August 06:54, by Eastern
Kiir has no authority to call for elections to give a new mandate.
What mandate is Kiir talking about. There was no election conducted in
South Sudan that gave him mandate as the president of the country.
Kiir was elected as a president of Sothern Sudan and the FVP of the
Sudan. Kiir is in office because of a very weak and timid parliament!
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