368 candidates approved in Northern Bahr el Ghazal
By Ngor Arol Garang
January 31, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – Regional electoral authorities in Southern State of Northern Bahr el Ghazal have today confirmed approval 368 candidates contesting for all various posts including gubernatorial chair.
SSLA member for Aweil North, Deng Thiep Akok and independent candidate said over 400 candidates, mainly former SPLM aspirants expressed readiness to stand independently against official nominees of the ruling southern party.
But Election commission committee in Northern Bahr el Ghazal refuted Akok statements saying majority of the candidates hardly read and write making it impossible for them to meet selection criteria of the commission in line with 2008 electoral act.
Six women are said to have been dropped following failure to present required papers raising more question Electoral College which never bothered to ask in the primer selections.
Thomas Mou Kuan Adim, who recently finished an honor degree in economics and social studies at Bahr el Ghazal University in Wau, on 23 January 2010, said his name has once again appeared approved as independent candidate by national election committee office in the state.
My names, as independent candidate against Agiu Agiu Thiep, being official nominee of the SPLM representing Abiem west constituency, in Aweil East County among other political parties have appeared he said.
The candidate who talked to Sudan Tribune while battling to pick his nomination certificate from State legal advocacy group said his candidature would be attracting more supporters to the party.
“This time our support to candidates should be based on personalities and their achievements in the past so as to attract us more supporters in the party capturing power from other political parties in April Elections,” said Adim Kuan, who supports Thomas Mou.
“If we are to get power through ballot papers, we must make no mistake in choosing shining candidates to win the race in April,” he adds.
Although there are people now in the villages calling unnecessary meetings with chiefs and elderly people and dishing out money anyhow, Thomas Mou Kuan Adim, even if he has nothing for campaign remains candidate our of choice, he said.
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H5N1
368 candidates approved in Northern Bahr el Ghazal
“I’m finish with my studies and let me eat” that’s what this graduate is talking about thinking that: because his tribal men looted before him, he should also be given a chance to soil his mouth.
James John
368 candidates approved in Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Let me assure for this dink people, politic is not a job it’s like a soccer match……someone will lose and some one will win……….look for ur self a good.
Akot Deng
368 candidates approved in Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Due to rampant of unemployment most of our people have choosen poliitic to be the best job so far, you may wonder some of this contesting candidates (60%)of them are put there by some of this partian in the south sudan to fill the vaccancy inorder to avoid cancellation of the party at the electoral commission, otherwise most of this aspirants are very naive to run their campaign themselves and even they don,t possess the quality of leadership but they are just there to fill the post. i only blame the electoral commision for lightly screening it should have been thoroughly done to reduce the work of the commission.