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Manyang Mayom<\/p>\n

3 June 2011<\/p>\n

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Rumbek \u2014 Lakes state MPs and executive held an emergency meeting in Rumbek on Thursday with the deputy speaker of South Sudan’s parliament Daniel Awet Akot to address security fears in ahead of South Sudan’s independence in July. Cattle raiding, banditry and revenge killings have blighted Lakes state in recent months.<\/p>\n

The meeting called upon all Lakes state inhabitants to remain calm and to be fully prepared for the celebration of the independent of the Republic of South Sudan on July 9. It called for the immediate cessation of cattle raids and inter-clan conflicts and the arrest of the violent gangs who operate on the roads of Rumbek Central and Cueibet counties.<\/p>\n

The meeting discussed the impact of insecurity on the Lakes state government, collaboration with opposition parties and increasing support for the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) – South Sudan’s ruling party – at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n

Awet called upon Lakes state’s citizens to stop disputes among themselves and appealed for peace as independence from the North approaches in July.<\/p>\n

The new country – to be called the Republic of South Sudan – will be created after an overwhelming vote for independence in a referendum held in January as part of a 2005 peace deal. Under the agreement the former rebels the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) became the official military of South Sudan and its political wing – the SPLM – the ruling party.<\/p>\n

After the deal was signed, the SPLM\/A moved from Rumbek to Juba, which will be the capital of the new nation in five weeks time.<\/p>\n

Speaking during the meeting, Awet said:<\/p>\n

“Lakes state [was] the center of Southern Sudan during the struggle. It became the base of UN [and] NGOs. It became base of the SPLA\/M. It became base of struggle. The world was with us in 2000 to 2003 here in Lakes state.”<\/p>\n

During the north-south civil war the SPLA and SPLM were based in Rumbek as were humanitarian agencies working in non-government controlled areas of South Sudan.<\/p>\n

However Awet noted that since 2005 Rumbek has fallen behind over states in South Sudan because of insecurity hindering development.<\/p>\n

“Our neighbors although they have problem among themselves, they are better then us”, he said.<\/p>\n

The South Sudan deputy speaker added that “togetherness” after independence, despite the 99 percent vote in favour of secession, would not be achieved without including opposition parties.<\/p>\n

Awet said that the state belonged to its citizens but more efforts were needed to address the grievances of young people and prevent young men from entering a cycle of tribal violence.<\/p>\n

Lakes state member of parliament Marial Amum, challenged Awet saying that the SPLM in Lakes state had lost control since Awet based himself in Juba.<\/p>\n

Awet moved to Juba after he failed to win the nomination to contest the Lakes state Hogubernatorial on the SPLM ticket. Despite moving to the South Sudan capital Awet to become deputy speaker of the Juba parliament he has retained the chairmanship of the SPLM in Lakes state as well membership of SPLM Political Bureau.<\/p>\n

Amum said that the SPLM deputy chairman of state has resigned and the SPLM state secretary was ill and died recently. It was this power vacuum, he claimed, had watered down power of the SPLM and the resulted in the recent killing, as there were no people to talk to young people.<\/p>\n

Chol Tong Mayay, the governor of Lakes state acknowledged that “there is a great need to heal all wounds” of the April 2010 general elections.<\/p>\n

He added that opponents from other political parties “are not happy with us – they are disappointed seriously upon us and we have a chance to forgiveness with them.”<\/p>\n

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