May 13, 2011 (BOR)- The Joglei state government announced on Friday that the state is not ready for the celebrations marking the inception of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), scheduled for 16 May, and proposed that they postponed to an unknown date.
Maar said his state needs more time and money to extend the airstrip to accommodate planes landing and taking off on the celebratory day. They need to improve existing roads connecting the new stadium with and town.
South Sudanese living in remote places started arriving in the state as the few vehicles were seen entering Bor town ahead of the day following the announcement made by Maar on 11 May, asking the Southerners to come to Bor to celebrate. Addressing the pressmen on 11 May, Maar told journalists that Jonglei is almost finishing preparations, asking southerners to start coming to Jonglei to celebrate. 16 May is a commemoration of the day SPLA rebellion broke out in Malualchat, five miles outside Bor town where the first bullets were shot against the Khartoum regime.
Southerners will celebrate the independence of the Republic of South Sudan on 9 July 2011. This comes after a plebiscite in which the majority of South Sudanese voted in favour of separation from north Sudan. The vote was carried out in accordance with a stipulation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended more than two decades of civil war between the neighbours in 2005. (ST)
- Deputy governor of Jonglei state, Hussein Maar Nyuot speaking at conference hall in Bor, May 11, 2011 (ST)
Maar said his state needs more time and money to extend the airstrip to accommodate planes landing and taking off on the celebratory day. They need to improve existing roads connecting the new stadium with and town.
South Sudanese living in remote places started arriving in the state as the few vehicles were seen entering Bor town ahead of the day following the announcement made by Maar on 11 May, asking the Southerners to come to Bor to celebrate. Addressing the pressmen on 11 May, Maar told journalists that Jonglei is almost finishing preparations, asking southerners to start coming to Jonglei to celebrate. 16 May is a commemoration of the day SPLA rebellion broke out in Malualchat, five miles outside Bor town where the first bullets were shot against the Khartoum regime.
Southerners will celebrate the independence of the Republic of South Sudan on 9 July 2011. This comes after a plebiscite in which the majority of South Sudanese voted in favour of separation from north Sudan. The vote was carried out in accordance with a stipulation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended more than two decades of civil war between the neighbours in 2005. (ST)