SPLM POLITICAL BUREAU MEETS TO DECIDE ON CANDIDATES

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A meeting of the SPLM’s Political Bureau is scheduled to open in Juba today with the party’s preparations for the forthcoming general elections expected to dominate the deliberations.

SPLM Chairman Salva Kiir Mayardit shall chair the two-day meeting of the body.
On Monday Secretary General Pagan Amum said the meeting would formally adopt the party’s election strategy and endorse its candidates for various executive and legislative positions at State, South Sudan and National levels.

The Political Bureau will choose candidates from the lists submitted by the state electoral colleges, which have screened the many applicants according to the SPLM candidates selection guideleines 2009.