November 10, 2009 (JUBA) – The minister for cabinet affairs in the Government of Southern Sudan, Dr. Luka Tombekana Monoja on Tuesday said the seven days public holiday ordered by President Salva Kiir Mayardit targets only constitutional post holders in the region.

- Dr. Luka Monoja talking to the media at the Voter Registration Center in Kator, Juba after registering himself, on Nov 10, 2009 (photo by Larco Lomayat)
In a broadcasted statement on both Southern Sudan TV and Radio, Dr. Monoja apologized for the error in the text of the President’s order which by mistake included civil servants.
The office of the President on Saturday issued an order declaring a seven-day public holiday beginning from Wednesday, 11th November running through 17th November.
The text which was availed to the press and broadcasted on both TV and radio included the civil servants in the seven days long holiday.
Dr. Monoja said civil servants would only have their one day public holiday on Wednesday 11th November and resume work on Thursday, 12th November.
He further explained that all constitutional post holders will continue with the holiday until 17th November.
Southern Sudan is hit by very low voter registration turnout as the region prepares for its first post-war general elections due in six months.
Officials say some of the registration centers in the region have remained almost empty since 1st November while others with the maximum of less than a hundred voters to register per day.
The registration for the Sudan’s upcoming April 2010 general elections began on November 1 and scheduled to end on November 30 all over the country and in some other selected countries around the world.
The order that enables constitutional post holders to mobilize potential voters aims to reverse the low voter registration turnout which officials describe as "serious".
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