The third day’s turnout in the referendum vote was much lower in Juba than two previous days.
John Garang Mausoleum, the polling canter with the highest number of registrants in Juba, had a handful of voters patiently lining up while waiting for their turn to cast the ballots.SCR News spoke to two of the voters who had finished polling.
The first voter said he came late on Sunday but yesterday he cast his vote without delay.
The second voter was a leading Muslim. He said his community would be better under a new south Sudan than in a united country.
In Home and Away polling centre, a shade that was built to protect the voters from the scourging sun was empty.
The chairperson of the centre, Alor Amos Wilson, said the polling station that had over 6,200 registered voters was divided into two.
Mr. Amos said that over 70 percent of the voters of his section cast their ballot on day one and two.
GoSS Minister of Internal Affairs, Gier Chaung Aluong, told reporters in the morning that the situation all over south Sudan was calm and people were happy, excited on focused on the voting.
So far, the voting that lasts until Saturday, is proceeding smoothly without any reported incidents.
Former US president Jimmy Carter and former UN secretary general Kofi Annan are in the country. They described the voting as positive and successful.