SOUTH SUDAN INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION Dear countrymen/women, it is about time to revisit the speech of declaration of indepdendent of South Sudan read by then the speaker of the House Hon RT James Wani Igga. One would wonder whether the leadership of South Sudan is commited this document, on 9 July 2011, whenJames Wani Igga read out the independence declaration speech it brought hope, sense of unity, and many young south Sudanese thought they now have hope to build their lives in newer country, but with what is happening in the county since South Sudan obtained her independence under the leadership Gen. Salva Kiir, hopes for better lives were buried in the ash. Justice, freedom, liberty and prosperity promised to all south Sudanese nearly in this document three years on cannot be realize under Kiirs leadership. Our aspiration to build viable, domorcatic stable South Sudan with vast available natural minerals have all ended up into the pockets of corrupt official as South Sudan has embraced itself corruption scandals, violence, oppression, extortion, and repression. Today the fact that the declaration of our independence has not materialized to anything rather than breeding of new civil war is a result of failed leadership of Kiir. And this is clearly fact that South Sudan will never become domocratic country as it appears in our declaration of independence document. SOUTH SUDAN INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION SOUTHERN SUDAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY RECALLING the long and heroic struggle of our people for justice, freedom, equality, human dignity and political and economic emancipation; CONSIDERING the years of conflict and the immeasurable sufferings of our people resulting from the conflict between North and Southern Sudan; HAVING RESOLVED to overcome the past and face the future with a renewed sense of hope and in the spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation; APPROVING that the authority of this Assembly and the Government of Southern Sudan emanates from the will of the people of Southern Sudan; RESPONDING to the popular will of the people of Southern Sudan expressed in the historic January 2011 referendum in which they overwhelmingly voted 98.83% for the secession and the establishment of a separate independent and sovereign state in Southern Sudan in exercise of their right to self-determination guaranteed under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) 2005, the Interim National Constitution of the Republic of Sudan 2005 and the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan 2005; CONFIRMING that the January 2011 referendum was conducted in a transparent manner by the national Government of Sudan in cooperation with the Government of Southern Sudan and the international community and that its outcome was confirmed by all these bodies; RESOLVED to establish a system of governance that upholds the rule of law, justice, democracy, human rights and respect for diversity; COMMITTED to contributing to international peace and security, regional stability and the resolution of conflicts through peaceful means in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union and international law; and REMEMBERING AND HONOURING the selfless sacrifices of our martyrs, heroes and heroines, who relentlessly struggled and sacrificed for the cause of justice, freedom and prosperity for our people, HEREBY MAKES the following Declaration: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH SUDAN, NO. 1 We, the democratically elected representatives of the people, based on the will of the people of Southern Sudan and as confirmed by the outcome of the referendum on self determination, hereby declare Southern Sudan to be an independent and sovereign state.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 22:57:57 +0000
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