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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / NEW GOVERNORS
TRT: 02:05
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 29, DECEMBER 2015, JUBA SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, meeting room.
2. Wide shot, new governors
3. Med shot, president and Chief of Justice sitting
4. Med shot, South Sudan Governors during swearing in
5. Close up, paper
6. Close up, hand on a Bible
7. Wide shot, Governors reading oath
8. Med shot, people clapping hands
9. Wide shot, president at the podium
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan:
“We need good governance, good governance is what we need and good governance come with zero tolerance to corruption. Corruption is still a cancer to us in our country so it is something that you people will have to still continue to fight.”
11. Med shot, governors sitting
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan:
“I understand there are people who are still breathing fire of the damages that happen to their States and that they have not accepted this idea of reconciliation. now you must stand firm to convince them that war is over let us implement the agreement.”
13. Wide shot, people dancing.
14. Med shot, people dancing.
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir urged newly appointed governors to support a peace agreement between his government and the opposition, signed in late August.
Speaking at a swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday (29 Dec), the President also said that there will be zero tolerance to corruption saying “corruption is still a cancer to us in our country so it is something that you people will have to still continue to fight.”
On 24 December, President Kiir issued a decree dissolving the previous ten states that form South Sudan and created new 28 states, in a move that has been criticized by the opposition.
Addressing the newly appointed governors the President said that those States were designated for the opposition as per the peace agreement. He urged the governors in those States to cooperate and stepdown when time comes.
President Kiir reiterated the government commitments to implement the agreement and directed the governors to receive and protect members of the opposition in their respective states.
Earlier opposition spokesperson, James Gadet told the United Nation’s Radio Miraya, that operationalization of the States would negatively impact the implementation of the agreement.
Traditional dancers were at hand celebrating occasion, in which foreign dignitaries were notably absent.
