NBGS vows support to Arman win forthcoming elections

By Ngor Arol Garang

March 5, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Authorities and citizens from Southern State of Northern Bahr el Ghazal have unanimously vowed their support to the SPLM national presidential candidate, Yasir Arman.

Speaking in an electoral campaign rally launching official programs of incumbent Governor Paul Malong Awan Anei in Aweil North County of Gok Machar, in the house of honorable Mel Wal Achien, advisor to the state governor, Angok Bol Maduordit urged all the citizens to give their supports to Yasir Saeed Arman.

“Although the voting day will be confusing as there will be a lot of boxes in the same place for the same voter, please make sure your votes by all means go to Yasir Saeed Arman,” Achien said.

“He is the only presidential candidate capable of changing Sudan to a better state. A country that will treat all her people as equal citizens regardless of their origins, gender religions or ethnicity,” he further said.

The official equally called on the citizens to vote for Salva Kiir Mayardit who is contesting the seat he occupies as President of Southern Sudan Government and vote to retain incumbent Governor Malong saying both are true leaders and liberators who can deliver to the expectation of the majority.

“I am asking vote for Malong because I work with him but because of developmental projects he had initiated and are at the finishing stages. Some of them have been completed and inaugurated. This is an achievement in two years time,” he said. Voting him out now means beginning from scratch as the new administration would give attention to other priorities.

The Governor during launching of his rally on Wednesday described Yasir Arman as hero and fighter who is committed to the vision, mission and objectives of the SPLM.

Arman is a person we should all be proud of. He is one of the key Sudanese who are committed to right of self-determination for the people of Southern Sudan and Abyei and popular consultation for the people of Nuba Mountain and Southern Blue Nile.

“If we elect Comrade Yasir as President of the Sudan, we will be guarantee of the full implementation of the CPA, exercise of the referendum. I call on all of you to vote for Cde Yasir in this April elections,” he said.

He said appealed to all citizens vote for SPLM Candidates for National, Regional and State levels. You should all remember that the fate of the CPA and particularly the referendum scheduled for 2011 will be decided by the assemblies. Therefore, we must have sizable majority in the assemblies at all levels of the governments, he said.

(ST)