President Salva Kiir is urging the people of Greater Equatoria Region not to demand a federal system of government now as the country is still at war.
The President says he believes that the move would create disunity among the people of South Sudan.
He told SPLM members and leaders of the opposition parties in Juba yesterday that federation is what all South Sudanese need, but this is not the right time to call for it.
President Kiir said some people have already been demanding for confederation.
“What has appeared in Addis Ababa is [that], all the greater Equatorians there are people who went there with their agenda, saying ‘we want federal system to be applied in South Sudan’,” Mr President said.
“And this is what the rebels now click on that they themselves are fighting for federalism.”
President Kiir said a federal system will divide South Sudan into smaller states.
“Why don’t we wait for that time to come when we consult among ourselves; why is it now to cause confusion in this time when there is war?”
During the Greater Equatoria Conference last year, they demanded for the implementation of federal system in South Sudan.
it is realy right idea that south sudan inplement federal ststem why said so because tribalism became the deadly cancer in south sudan .pliticians are well corruppted compare in westerned world their is civilised corruption you can even see it .scondly .in south sudan some ome want to be apresident even thought he or she is apoor person when he got it .he want to developed himself first finaly no one in south sudan like late nelson mandela that can united the divert tribe in the region
I want federal system of Gov’t for fair distribution of resources but complete of separation from one another. Just decentralization of resources and power. We may have a national unity of gov’t.
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Federal system shld only came in after majority of illiterate are literate to clearly know the word Federalism instead of them singing the song of “iam frm Abc” later. Should we opt for federalism nw before border demarcation, other unaffected states wil be reluctant.