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SUDAN / JUBA CARTER
STORY: SUDAN / JUBA CARTER
TRT: 1.43
SOURCE: UNMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 13 APRIL 2010, JUBA, SUDAN
1. Wide Shot, establishment of Sherekat Polling station located under a tree
2. Various shots, people lined up at the polling center
3. Zoom in, Jimmy Carter arriving at the polling station
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States of America and Head of the Carter Center:
“We’ve heard some reports of intimidation of voters in the South; we haven’t heard that in the North at all. And of course there’s been some confusion about where the names would be located. People have difficulty finding their names on the voters list and sometimes it takes several hours for them to find their names. So I would say, after twenty-four years of no election some of the problems were inevitable.”
5. Wide shot, crowd of voters under the tamarind tree
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States of America and Head of the Carter Center:
“Well, some of the sites didn’t get all the materials and where we are right now, they still have not gotten all the materials that they need for the voting. So, I am glad to know that the National Elections Commission has extended the voting time for two more days which will give them additional time.”
7. Wide shot, polling identification officers
8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Nundeng, Identification Officer, Sherekat Polling Center”
“In our station, we have 805 have been registered and since the beginning day, on date 11, there was a good turnout of voters and yet most of them have been discouraged because of the problem of ballot papers.”
9. Wide shot, journalists, police and voters at the center
10. Close up, Jimmy Carter seated
11. Med shot, people lined up at the polling center
Former United States President Jimmy Carter and his Carter Center Observer team arrived at the Sherekat polling station today (13 April) to witness Sudan’s first multi-party elections in 24 years.
The Carter Center, which has 65 observers in Sudan currently, has been involved in 78 elections worldwide since it was established.
Sudanese citizens continued to cast their votes after polling was extended by two days due to an array of problems and delays.
SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States of America and Head of the Carter Center:
“We’ve heard some reports of intimidation of voters in the South; we haven’t heard that in the North at all. And of course there’s been some confusion about where the names would be located. People have difficulty finding their names on the voters list and sometimes it takes several hours for them to find their names. So I would say, after twenty-four years of no election some of the problems were inevitable.”
Carter, who is acting as an observer, had called for an extension in order to ensure all eligible voters were able to participate.
SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States of America and Head of the Carter Center:
“Well, some of the sites didn’t get all the materials and where we are right now, they still have not gotten all the materials that they need for the voting. So, I am glad to know that the National Elections Commission has extended the voting time for two more days which will give them additional time.”
The Sherekat polling station has a unique architecture; it is a large Tamarind tree.
Located approximately three kilometers across the bridge from Juba town, about 800 people have been flocking towards this polling station to cast their vote since the elections began on Sunday 11 April.
SOUNDBITE (English) David Nundeng, Identification Officer, Sherekat Polling Center”
“In our station, we have 805 have been registered and since the beginning day, on date 11, there was a good turnout of voters and yet most of them have been discouraged because of the problem of ballot papers.”
Ballot papers here have been scarce. Only about 160 complete sets of ballot papers have been delivered in the first two days of voting.
There is a growing concern amongst the polling staff and residents in the area who were registered here last year, that some of the needed ballot papers may never be delivered.
Many have turned up hoping they could vote, having to bear the scorching heat and being turned back in the evening.
16.5 million people were registered countrywide to vote in an election which has been boycotted by some opposition parties.
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