Governors of the new Gogial, Twic, and Tonj states of former Warrap have pledged to welcome and provide protection to members of the SPLM-In Opposition advance team.
Bona Panek, Governor of Twic state, said they received this as a directive Juba and will comply wthout problem.
“We agreed as governors in our meeting to go to our respective states in order to prepare for the reception of members of the advance team of SPLM-IO who will be visiting the areas of our assignment,” he said. “We have received directives to receive them from the leadership of the government and from the SPLM Secretariat here in Juba. So these are directives from the higher authorities and for us as governors, we have no problem, we will welcome them.”
Panek said he would also work with his colleague from Northern Lich state to consolidate peace and improve border relationships between the two communities and to deploy joint border monitoring police force to track those engaging in banditry and cross border cattle theft.