S. Sudan’s Kiir says elections an opportunity to choose leaders
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September 21, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir says any
polls conducted in the young nation will give citizens opportunity to
choose their leaders, reiterating earlier calls for the holdout
opposition leaders to denounce violence and return to the country
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Salva Kiir casts his vote in the 2010 elections.
The president rejected the use of violence and all forms of
incitement, saying it undermines the cause of the liberation struggle.
“We continue to call on them; those are who continuing to advocate for
war that peace was in the interest of the country. And because of this
we have been extending our arms and a hand of peace, a hand of
friendship, of forgiveness and for them to use the national dialogue
and other peaceful means and mechanisms to end this conflict”, Kiir
told reporters in the capital, Juba on Wednesday.
According to the South Sudanese leader, several amnesties to those who
took up arms as a guarantee against the Juba government were declared,
but very few armed groups responded to them.
The president, however, said his administration will support
initiatives aimed at addressing peace and security, stressing that no
community can establish lasting conditions for peace and tolerance
unless it finds ways of building mutual trust among its people.
“We know the quest for peace has never been an easy process. But we
are working hard to ensure that Members of society need to be oriented
toward peace and tolerance. At the same time, social, economic, and
political systems must be re-oriented to the same peace and
tolerance,” said the South Sudanese leader.
He added, “Inclusively, the discipline of peaceful co-existence must
shape our way of life. Having common goals promotes mutual
understanding, respect, tolerance and dialogue”.
The President made the remarks during a function at which he received
credentials of the newly appointed ambassadors from the United
Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Norway, Germany and South
Africa. The new ambassadors included, Alison Blackburne from Britain,
Abdullah Fahd Ali Al-Kahtani from Saudi Arabia, Lars Andersen from
Norway, Jan Hendrick Van Thiel from of Germany and Major General
Gordon Mwandile Yekelo from South Africa.
Meanwhile, the undersecretary in the foreign affairs ambassador, Baak
Valentino Wol said the Juba government and its administration were
committed and ready to closely work with the ambassadors.
The new envoys, he said, expressed their appreciation and gratitude to
President Kiir for accepting their credentials while assuring him of
their commitment to work with South Sudan government so as to find
ways of ending the nation’s civil war and restore peace and stability.
Last month, the South Sudanese leader called upon the country’s
opposition groups to prepare for the country’s general elections,
earmarked to take place after the end of the Transitional Government
of National Unity (TGoNU) period in 2018.
To fast track processes leading to the polls, Kiir officially declared
his national dialogue initiative and declared unilateral cease-fire
with rebels in May, albeit it has repeated been violated.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and over two million
displaced in South Sudan’s conflict triggered by political differences
between President Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar.
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22 September 03:52, by Malakal county Simon
Unwanted president Kiir himself need to denounce violence and stop
the war at once and this case, people’s probably accept the election
other your called for an election will always fall in the deaf ears
because without stopping the war first, the environment is not
conducive enough for fair and free election!!!!!!
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22 September 05:38, by Malakal county Simon
Correction to above statement:
Unwanted president Kiir himself, need to denounce violence and
stop the war at once...... In this case, people’s may probably be
willing to accept the election otherwise, your called for an election
will always fall in the deaf ears because without stopping the war
first, the environment is not conducive enough for a fair and free
election to be hold!!!!!!
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22 September 07:50, by Midit Mitot
JCE president, how will you conduct the national election
while you had chased away all citizens to the bush? You had advised by
the World body not to attempt any kind of election but don,t listen.
sorry! God punishing South Sudanese through poor leadership.
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22 September 08:46, by Rumbek S. Sudan
Mr. president, if true that elections allow citizens to choose
their own leaders, then why have you been choosing for us governors
that are not citizens’ choice? An example is your so called Matur Chut
Dhuol in Rumbek as well as other state governors which I’m sure are
not the choice for the people of those states. I lost trust in your
words long time ago Mr. president.
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22 September 04:26, by Kuch
"the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Norway, Germany
and South Africa"
Here we go, was this a coincidence that the ambassadors from these
five countries were appointed in their own respected countries in one
day; posted to South Sudan in one day & then visited president Salva
Kiir for their ambassadorial credential in one day? Ami the only one
in South Sudan seeing the same dirty>>>
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22 September 04:34, by Kuch
game or intrigue that almost destroyed our country & our
people in the last years being connived again? To be honest fellows,
diplomacy has never been a bad idea. But our Salva Kiir & his bunch of
lowly informed advisers have let our country & our people down on this
front. Countries like the UK, the US, Saudi Arabia, North Sudan are
our enemies some of these days. The US, the UK, North Sudan>>>
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22 September 04:56, by Kuch
Saudi Arabia & all the gulf Arab states, have alliance
with Al Qada, Al Nustra, ISIS/L, Wahabis, Boko Haram, Islamic
Brotherhood & our own so-called SPLA-IO. And these same terrorists
have been the ones that almost destroyed our country through their
Riek Machar puppet/stooge & some of their Nuer & some Equatorian pawns
or foot soldiers as their tools to regime change the government of
South Sudan
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22 September 05:15, by Kuch
>>>with their Riek Machar, Pagan Amuom, Lam Akol,
Thomas Cirilo & their other puppets/stooges that they hoped they would
micro-managed them in Washington, Wall Street, London, Paris,
Brussels, Dubai, Johannesburg or some of their other shady capitals
where these *hyenas behind the current mess in our country bank their
loots in*. Fellows, a country like Germany doesn’t have a hand in the
mess>>>
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22 September 05:24, by Kuch
in our country that killed our people & almost
destroyed our country. My fellow South Sudanese, our country is being
Geo-politically chess game toyed around by the greatest evils on
earth---the US, the UK, their UN, their NGOs & some of their creepy
allies in between like their then so-called *cold war* they hoped,
that they will eventually re-unite our country with their cloned arab
North Sudan>>
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22 September 05:47, by Malakal county Simon
Kuch
Just because these countries ambassadors were
in the function when this unwanted president make this remarks, it’s
doesn’t meant you have a tangible evident that’s they were involved in
our country mess.... Kiir himself is confused, and don’t know what to
do simply as that!!!!
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22 September 06:28, by Kuch
like their then ’East & West Germany’ & then
the *evils can then go & pat their evil backs & toss their champagnes
glasses* and say, western civilization. Some of our South Sudanese
seem not to be very keen of as to why the evil countries like the UK,
the Norway, Saudi Arabia, some lowly criminals in South Africa & some
of their evil allies in between who killed our people through>>>
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22 September 07:46, by jubaone
Kuch,
Your sickening and ludicrous comments that are often
out of context and irrelevant to the topic are a manifestation of your
limited cognitive capacities to analyze and give appropriate critique.
Either you are a hopeless academic impostor repeating the same shit 💩
all over hoping in turns into peanut butter, or you are simply an
idiot. That is work of idle, lazy thinkers.
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22 September 07:53, by jubaone
The Bari say "kin Ko kak, koimot Ko lo ki" meaning
"shit 💩 below peanut butter above it". They may have same
color(assuming you didn’t eat too much kwedkwed, but smell
differently. Your rants are disgusting and expose your limited jienge
analytical skills. Take some time off, go back to school to do more
training.
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22 September 06:21, by Eastern
The war in South Sudan will continue until such a time that those
claiming to lead come to the realisation that ALL PEOPLE in the
country ARE EQUAL....As it is now, some South Sudanese are more equal
than others. What blinded Kiir in 2013 not to see what he’s claiming
now..?
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22 September 07:43, by South South
Who will keep fighting for you while you are roaming in
refugee camp for free food?
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22 September 09:16, by jubaone
Eastern,
Don’t mind South South, who parasites on looted monies from SS
by their benydits, bandits and misfits. As Equatorians, we have
decided to take our own path, period. Dialogue can only take place
once our boys/girls are armed and do the job. Nyor scoundrels only
understand the gun and f**k the jienge ND. Our boys are already doing
a wonderful job. Elections in jiengeland.
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22 September 06:24, by Eastern
In any case the alliance between Kiir and Taban in Juba is no
longer the the much hyped TGoNU that was to be established after Kiir
ceded power as per the ARCISS...Kiir abrogated that
agreement..http://www.undocs.org/S/2017/789
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22 September 06:27, by Eastern
Today the dinka people who without clue supported Kiir to remain
afloat in the face of the onslaught from the various opposing groups
are licking their wounds. Let’s keep Kiir at J1 to the detriment of
the country’s unity...!
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22 September 07:03, by Eastern
Anybody who has trust in Kiir will one day in the end, fall on the
same sword that was availed to him to prosper.Let Taban Deng not say
that he was not warned...!
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22 September 07:46, by South South
Sine the beginning of SPLA/M, Equatorians never supported
SPLA, Frutit in Wau never supported SPLA, Shilluk in Upper Nile never
supported SPLA, but SPLA managed to fight war and liberated South
Sudan. Now cowards are roaming and running around with their big
mouths open for food. Enjoy
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22 September 08:40, by Eastern
South South,
I pity this level of dinka reasoning....One time in a
meeting where Museveni was in attendance, Kiir made the same ludicrous
comment you are regurgitating here. South Sudanese are in for a very
long haul..
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22 September 09:32, by jubaone
South South,
You jienge scoundrels joined the SPLA out of bitterness
for having been thrown out of Equatoria not cos you wanted liberation
of SS. This explains why jienges have "migrated" to Equatoria while
leaving their stinking luaks to turn into junk villages for the
starving and dying. Liberation has brought nothing to jiengeland
except free access to theft, corruption and bigotry.
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22 September 09:38, by jubaone
South South,
More than 7 months ago, your kiirminal uncle threat to
relocate his hqs to Yei. Nothing has happened. He has been reduced to
"Mayor of Juba". Who controls the bushes and roads? Elections in
jiengeland, our boys/girls have urgent matters to take care of: MTN
hunting. The season has come.
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22 September 11:18, by jubaone
South South,
The SPLM/A has degenerated into a SPLAnyor and has become
a jienge outfit. The IO is more a Nuer outfit and Equatorians MUST
choose their own outfit that will lead to an independent Equatoria
State. That is our vision. We cant babysit savages and idiots all our
lives. It is time to peacefully coexist as neigbhors than live
together in chaos as bitter enemies. Equatoria Free State
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