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President Kiir blames NCP for separation of South Sudan YEI (8 Feb.) South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has blamed Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) for the bifurcation of Sudan in 2011. South Sudan voted unanimously for secession from the north in a weeklong referendum in 2011. The plebiscite marked the final phase of the 2005's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Addressing a crowd of citizens in Yei town on Tuesday, Kiir said had it not because of the NCP’s insistence to impose the Islamic sharia law in the country, South Sudan would have not separated from Sudan in 2011. “The Sudanese government insisted on the implementation of the Islamic shariah law in the country, which forced us to separate. We would have remained in one Sudan,” said Kiir.“But we would have faced difficulties in the power sharing, but when they refused to drop the Islamic law, we were given the option to break away and create our own country,” he added. Kiir pointed out that the ruling party in Sudan failed to convince the people of South Sudanese to vote for Unity during the transitional period. He accused unnamed hardliners within the NCP party of making unity difficult for southerners.Kiir called on the people of South Sudan to live in peace after they attained their independence in 2011. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqH4r_2rERrKTSxu%2BizhEoek4hQ5YRpjAsLCqy6gp72Cg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
