Northern Bahr el Ghazal demands additional days for voter registration

By Ngor Arol Garang

November 8, 2009 (MALAKAL) — The government of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state today demanded provision of additional days for voter registration saying the conduct started four days after the official date.

Voters’ registration for the Sudan’s April 2010 elections began on November 1 all over the country and set to end on November 30.

The exercise started late in this state because election commission office here, instead of organizing a training prior to the conduct of registration, organized three days training to voter registration teams after everybody has started elsewhere in Sudan, said Baak Lual, the official spokesperson and minister of information and communication in the state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal.

He further said that the electoral commission is responsible of the delay suffered in the voter registration process and demand additional days "to compensate days we had lost," he added..

The minister also added that voter registration is facing myriad of challenges with logistical problems besides limited number of people participating in the voter registration exercise.

"A payam with number of bomas and villages is assigned only three persons, because there are no people participating in the conduct," baak said.

He further said has thrice visited the two counties of Aweil North and West with plan to visit South and East later this week to find that most of the designated voter registration centers were empty.

The deputy governor was yesterday in Malek Alel, South County, to support voter registration turn out in the county, he adds.

The minister yesterday called on the public, particularly youth, to seriously engage in helping commission and the state authorities in raising awareness and explanation of why it is necessary for individuals to be registered for vote in the forthcoming general elections.

Earlier, Baak said registration is important because it seen as an opportunity for southern Sudan government which rejects the census results to provide figures can support its refusal of census out come

"It is this exercise which will also approve or disprove the figure we contest," he said, adding the voter registration also will help voters choose their leaders during elections.

(ST)

12 Forum messages

Northern Bahr el Ghazal demands additional days for voter registration 9 November 2009 03:06, by longo pi

Dear All,

SPLM SURELY confused people of Southern Sudan, JUST GO AND VOTE BLINDLY WITHOUT KNOWING WHICH CANDIDATE IS SELECTED FOR HE PARTY. SPLM IN A VERY BAD POSITION!!!.

SPLM LEADERS STEP DOWN NOW!! IT SPLM-DC TIME 9 November 2009 03:11, by Oduko

SPLM must remove all unqualified person’s by replace them with qualified once starting from it’s top leaders Kiir, Wanni Iga and even Riak didn’t finished his degree according to his records, Riak went to Upper smith adults educations center in London by there his inrollment was canceled, due luck of commitment to school activities, he was just living in Northwest of lodon which is poor side of london, Riak was best customer to Mr Mcnald which is the owner of Northwest bar in poor side of london meanwhile Riak was facing danger life, due of Killing innocent stranger in the street of poor Northwest london but decided to come back sudan and laid to Nuers, South sudan and nation as whole, that he is P.H.D holder!! what a shema to son of dragon whatever his father name is. RIAK PLEASE WE NEED YOUR ORGINALS GEGREE AND P.H.D. thanks all
- SPLM LEADERS STEP DOWN NOW!! IT SPLM-DC TIME 9 November 2009 03:26, by Dinka Boy
  
  Each states representatives must be committed to help those who are not aware. Yes, i encouarge the government to increase the days because the process is not easy.
- SPLM LEADERS STEP DOWN NOW!! IT SPLM-DC TIME 9 November 2009 07:42, by man-of-his-words
  
  ODUKU
  
  WHERE DID YOU GET THIS FAKE ASS INFORMATION FROM? WHAT ABOUT KIIR MR INF. MAN
- SPLM LEADERS STEP DOWN NOW!! IT SPLM-DC TIME 9 November 2009 08:26, by Aduol Liet
  
  Oduko.
  
  I would like to correct you about your pointing to dead SPLM DC Party. SPLM DC Party is already being discover by their own members that, the SPLM DC Party was not formed as a real function Party according to those members of the SPLM DC who came back recently to joins origin SPLM Party and particular, many people saw the SPLM DC chairman known as Lam Akol that, he has different agandas than what people were expected and I belief the SPLM DC is dead no longer as a Party and I would suggest Lam Akol will come back very soon to join the SPLM he hate in many ways.
  
  On the other hand, I think your refute on Riak Machar Teny was absolutely very correct in meaning, because this Riak Machar Teny had committed crimes against human at all levels. Him Riak Machar Teny and your uncle Lam Akol were trying very hard to overthrow late chairman John Garang de Mabior in the Bush where by the SPLA/SPLM Movement were facing uncrtainity but the late chairman and Salve Kiir Manyardit manage it until the Peace Agreement arrived to save Sudanese people on both Rebels and Sudan government. It is true that, Riak Machar Teny had done absolutely damage in Southern Sudan particular Dinka and Neur too.
  
  To explains more to you so that, maybe you will understand fully what bad things did Riak Machar Teny had done during his defaction from the SPLA/SPLM to formed SPLM Nassir. First of all, Riak Machar Teny order his SPLA Nassir soldiers to collects 100 officials SPLA officers of all Dinkas who were in Upper Nile Region to be fire them to death in Nassir while he was just present in front of many people there in Nassir. These 100 Dinkas ranks in the SPLA were including Dr, Akoon Ariik Dhuor the son of chief in the State of Warrap. This was the first step from Riak Machar Teny after his defection from the SPLA/SPLM Movement. Now the second step was about invasion of Dinka Bor Community, he also orders his defaction army to come with him in Bor Community telling Dinka Bor civilians to choose either dies or following him and for no doubt on June,1993, hundred of thousand people left death mostly children and women and many others were left very seriously injuries and they took thousand others Dinka Bor, those they tool them were children and young women as a form of rap and making slavery within Upper Nile Region. You can ask yourself question, is that Riak Machar Teny should be qualify for vice president or qualify to face jail.? Think about other things he does poorly and mistakely.
  
  Bol Kong, he was the one who force late deputy William Nyuon Bany on June, 1992, under Juba ground to declear their second defection as something which the late deputy chairman did not like to happened, but at that time William Nyuon Bany did not have choice because Bol Kong told him we must join Akuma Naath which was SPLM Nassir, the late deputy chairman did not to go to Riak Machar Teny but he was fighting against SPLA and after all Nyuon Bany came back to join the SPLA in different condition too. The late deputy chairman decide to go Jonglie after he once became SPLA deputy chairman for the second time and Riak Machar Teny sent Peter Gatde to come and killed William Nyuon Bany. Same thing happening in Kerubino Kuanyin Bol after when he came back from his defaction in Bhar al Ghazal Region, he was having another disagreement within his own Twic Dinka and he decide to go to Monkitt and again Riak Machar Teny sent same person killer Peter Gatde to killed Kerubino Kuanyin Bol as he did. There is a opening debating about these bad things Riak Machar Teny did in Southern Sudan. I had never seen a person made a trouble and still bein given vice persident in the world.
Northern Bahr el Ghazal demands additional days for voter registration 9 November 2009 03:37, by Dinka Dominated SPLA

Every thing will go to the right plece if that wicked oaf man raik machar is dead. death to evil raik machar
- Northern Bahr el Ghazal demands additional days for voter registration 9 November 2009 07:47, by man-of-his-words
  
  DINKA ARE REAL EVIL IN SOUTH HOW DARE YOU WISH SOMEONE DEAD.IM NOT NUER BUT I WILL NEVER WISH DEAD TO ANYONE,WELL RIAK SEEMS LIKE(ZEEBHOOMAR)IN DINKA ASS THATS MIGHT BE THE CASE OTHERWISE YOU DONT WISH PEOPLE DEAD.
- Northern Bahr el Ghazal demands additional days for voter registration 9 November 2009 08:02, by Luckyman
  
  Dear readers, am very sorry to Northern Bahr El Ghazal state even if you give them the additional days it will still remain the same. However, I went to Aweil west yesterday and my Daddy was asking me the procedure which Registrars should follow because he said that half of the boma is not registered in all Payams of Aweil west and those Registrars which including Joseph Nguac was saying that a hell with those who have not registered I don,t know whether it was how they were oriented during their orientation.
  
  Also we Northerners have our disastrous Leaders who are starvation of Money where they gave only five Hundred Sudanese Pound (500) per person for the duration of registration as their wage I think after this exercise Northern Bahr El Ghazal will be the last of the ten States of South Sudan but it is because no body taking active activities in that exercise while Governor is sleeping with his concubine whom he appointed recently as his Deputy.
  
  I therefore! urge the GOSS to take a look at this situation in NBeG state and also they have selected those who can draw the alphabet not writing for the whole is just gone when it is only ten people registered even some waited until they got tired and left registration Centre because registrars are as slow as Chameleon.
  
  Thanks wish you turn up very soon for this registration.
Northern Bahr el Ghazal demands additional days for voter registration 9 November 2009 13:16, by Ajongtar

You are sick in mind, or your God father Busher gave fuck your ass that’s why you are confused.

To be sincere SPLM did not confuse any people around the South at all.

Theres candidate can be elected without knowing clearly the population of the voters in south.

Dude you need to have treatment be your given another fulsome.

Northern Bahr el Ghazal demands additional days for voter registration 9 November 2009 07:43, by Oduck Bol

What do you need guys that you have not got, while you have leadership, you looting pubic fund everyday as you want at anytime any place and you took back the positions other people have. Also you running after Riek and other people. This is going to give you a zero when democracy established in south. Do not be glad that everything will be sweets like that for ever.

Northern Bahr el Ghazal demands additional days for voter registration 9 November 2009 10:34, by Aduol Liet

Oduck Bol.

If you go to the whole Bhar al Ghazal Regions then, you will feel sorry, four million donation went to Equatoria,Upper Nile State, Jonglie State and none in Bhar Ghazal States and don’t just be anger for something we never have it.

In addition to that, if Southern Sudan get Independence that is good for all of us, but don’t hope that democartic system if held then, your uncle Lam Akol will get another foreign minister in Southern Sudan government belief me or not Lam Akol has already lost his mind in all these years cooperating with Arab and he can not get anything back in Southern Sudan’s government. We are much more aware any way about those who appear recently against Dinkas people in Southern so don’t tell us your nonesense that, if Southern Sudan gain Independent you will elected none Dinka politician , look we are part of majority in Southern Sudan we make 14% in Sudan’s population but for Southern Sudan Dinka will make 49% if not 50%.