 Wysłany: Pon 21:34, 10 Sty 2011 Temat postu: Millions vote for south Sudan's new chapter |
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| Millions vote for south Sudan's new chapter
Sudan's southerners started casting ballots Sunday to decide the fate of unity or division of the African's largest country where two-decades of north-south war claimed two million lives.A majority of registered voters are estimated to vote for seceding Sudan's Christian-Animist south from the mostly Muslim north in the week-long referendum,Nike SB Heels, a major item in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) inked between the two sides. Voters lined up for hundreds of meters to wait for the beginning, which many say is a historic moment for Sudan. Women danced and sang slogans of "Freedom is burning" ahead of the referendum.The vote started at polling centers in both south and north at 8:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) and will last at 5:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) till its expected end on Jan. 15. Salva Kiir Mayardit,ugg boots sale, first vice president of Sudan and president of the government of South Sudan, cast the first ballot in Juba at a polling station at the museum of John Garang,ugg classic boots, founder of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),air jordan women heels, the south's ruling party.The security of voting centers must be guaranteed,ugg boots online, he said after the voting. "Security forces in the south and north Sudan must make sure the security of the voting." He noted that the property of the northern Sudanese and foreigners in south Sudan must be protected, which won applauses among the cheering crowd.The southern Sudanese residing in north and south Sudan and overseas have the right to participate in the referendum where 60 percent of the registered voters should cast their votes for the referendum to be valid. If the southerns voted for independence,jordan high heels, Sudan would enter a six-month transition period when the north and south would negotiate on thorny issues including border demarcation,jordan women boots, the status of the oil-rich Abyei region,UGG Nightfall 5359, as well as the division of the national debts and oil revenue.Almost 4 million people registered for the referendum,nike air max 24/7 sale, 95 percent of whom live in south Sudan,discount dunk high heels, while others live in the north and eight countries including Kenya, Egypt,ken griffey shoes, Ethiopia, and the U.S.A. John Kerry,UGG Sundance II 5325, chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, told Xinhua while he observed the voting process,air jordan heels, "I'm very excited. It's very important. I hope it will be a peaceful referendum."Asked about the controversial issues including border, oil and Abyei,nike air max 24/7, Kerry said,ghd hair straighteners, "I think the controversial issues can be resolved within the six-month transition period as we work in good faith." Around 17,000 local observers together with 1,nike air half cent,200 foreign observers are currently monitoring the south Sudan referendum to assess its compliance with the international standards.Trained polling staff directed voters to check their identity cards and illustrated how to cast ballots as 92 percent of the southern residents are illiterate. Young men and women wearing shirts with slogans "Vote peacefully" and "Vote for freedom" marched in Juba streets. Deng Ayok, a 28-year-old university student who suspended his study in Khartoum,UGG Classic Tall 5815, Sudan's capital,UGG Boots, and returned to the south in November, led his family to vote at Juba University Sunday morning.The civil war forced him to become a refugee at three years old. His mother fled with him to Ethiopia, while his father joined the army of the SPLM to fight in the bush for 20 years. "I hope the referendum can reflect our will and lead to a permanent peace and stability of all Sudanese people,Womens Nike Dunk SB Heels Low," he said. " We had suffered so much during the civil war. We need dignity and human rights in a peaceful and stable land."Barnaba Benjamin, minister of information and spokesman of the southern Sudanese government,ghd flat iron, expressed his confidence in an interview with Xinhua on Saturday that the southern Sudanese would vote for the independence of the region in the referendum.He held the successive northern governments responsible for failure to boost the emotion for unity among the southern Sudanese citizens since country's independence in 1956. 相关的主题文章： 贫富差距调控首入地方十二五规划 |
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