May 10, 2013 (BOR) - The Governor of South Sudan's Jonglei state on Thursday urged the Federal government to ensure that the country's security law is properly utilised once the document is endorsed.
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- Participants including the Jonglei governor, at the South Sudan consultative forum on drafting of national security policy in Bor, May 9, 2013 (ST)
Governor Kuol Manyang Juuk made these remarks while addressing a forum held in the state capital, Bor.
“I hope South Sudan will not draft the resolutions and leave it and then they go somewhere”, he said.
The Governor, during the forum, also described what he said was his own understanding of national security.
“I think definitely security is our life. Security is when we are stable. Security is when there is nothing disturbing our minds”, he defined.
Juuk blamed the state rebel leader Major general David Yau Yau and his alias for creating insecurity to Jonglei and to South Sudan in general.
The forum, among other resolutions, concluded that corrupt officials should not only be relieved from posts by government, but also tried in courts and must not be employed anywhere, if found guilty.
National reconciliation and healing program, most participants argued, should be done to reconcile communities and tribes. They further said strengthening of security forces, capacity building of the army and provision of modern weapons would reduce internal conflicts and outside aggression.
The drafting committee, at the forum, got full notes about the national priorities, including security, improvement of infrastructure (priority on roads), health, agriculture and peacebuilding through national healing and reconciliation process.
More than 100 people attended the forum, with similar ones expected to be conducted all over South Sudan's 10 states.
(ST)