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Kiir issues Presidential Order granting leave for staff to register referendum

November 25, 2010 (JUBA) – The President of the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS), Salva Kiir Mayardit, has issued a Presidential Order granting five-day leave to government staff who wish to travel to their localities to register for the south’s self determination referendum in January.

Salva Kiir (AFP)
Salva Kiir (AFP)

Kiir issued the order on Thursday and directed the Minister of Labour and Public Service to implement the order accordingly. He also directed all the government institutions to abide by the Order.

Voter registration kicked off on November 15 and expected to end on December 1. Over one million southerners are reported to have registered in the first week.

There is particular concern that women in the region who are believed to constitute more than 60% of the adult population in Southern Sudan have not turned out and registered as expected.

The order by the southern President giving five days leave to government employees is seen as an attempt to increase the number of registered people in the region. The people of Southern Sudan are scheduled to conduct a referendum on self-determination by January 9, 2011 as part of a 2005 peace.

From 1983 southern rebels, who now govern the region, fought successive Khartoum governments over oil, identity, religion and political and economic marginalization. It is widely expected that the south will vote to secede.

(ST)

3 Comments

  • Abionmur!
    Abionmur!

    Kiir issues Presidential Order granting leave for staff to register referendum
    Great decision mr president! Let them rest their bellies in the villages registering the citizens.

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  • Haak
    Haak

    Kiir issues Presidential Order granting leave for staff to register referendum
    BRAVO!!!!!!! BRAVO!!!!! BRAVO!!!!!PRESIDENT MAYARDIT
    IF THE PRESIDENT CAN ACT LIKE THAT THAN ITS OF KNOW RESEASONABLE DOUBT THAT SOUTHERN SUDAN INDEPENDENT IF OF NO QUESTION
    NOW, MY MESSAGE TO ALL HONOURABLE CIVILS SERVANTS IS THAT, YOU GO BACK TO YOUR RESPECTIVE VILLAGES AND DO SOME THING TANGIBLE, I MEAN HIGH TURN OUT ESPECIACLLY YOUR DEARS WIVIES WOMEN WHO MAKE 60% OF ADULT POPULATIONS PLEASE INFLUENCE THEM OVER NIGHT EVENT IF IT MEAN NO TO SLEEPING.
    THANKS PRESIDENT KIIR DIT
    HAAKAMADOLOGY

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