The President of the Government of Southern Sudan yesterday reiterated his support for South Sudan secession in the upcoming referendum vote due early next year.
President Salva Kiir Mayardit told the participants at the Church and Government Forum that started yesterday in Juba that irritated oppressors would wish to eliminate leaders of the struggling people.
Mr. Kiir said the central government in Khartoum was supposed to build schools and hospitals in the South during the last five years but so far nothing materialized.
He said the National Congress Party (NCP) instead of concentrating in the implementation of the CPA was issuing messages of war.
Mr. Kiir’s comments came days after some voices in the NCP called upon him to withdraw pro-secession remarks he made during a rally in Juba following his return from Washington DC.