JUBA – South Sudan president Salva Kiir will – likely next week – issue an important decree on the number and boundaries of states, a senior government official said this evening.
This afternoon, Kiir met the governors of the 32 states and briefed them about the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement and the dispute on the number of states which is preventing the parties from forming a transitional government.
“The President has invited us to meet him because he will take a very important order on the number of states in the country so as to realize peace,” one aide to a governor told this website this evening.
The parties are expected to form the unity government next week, but only if the main armed opposition group SPLM-IO agree too as there is a dispute on the government formation without determination of the number and boundaries of states.
Below is this evening’s statement by the South Sudan Presidential Unit (PPU).
The President of the republic, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit met with the governors of the thirty-two States plus Abyei on Tuesday.
Speaking on behave of the governors to media, the governor of Maridi State Africano Mande said, they were briefed by the President on the status and progress of the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement as well as the issue of the number of states and their boundaries.
Governor Africano added that, as governors of the Thirty-two States they would go back to consult with the people of their respective states since the creation of the Thirty-two States was a public demand.
Governor Africano said, the sentiments of the people in their respective states are clear and they would not let the people down.
