{"id":46574,"date":"2026-08-05T15:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=46574"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:37:55","slug":"splm-io-to-intensify-political-mobilisation-in-wes-through-membership-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/splm-io-to-intensify-political-mobilisation-in-wes-through-membership-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"SPLM-IO to intensify political mobilisation in WES through membership registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Sabri Dibaco <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Governor of Western Equatoria State, Justin Joseph Marona, has announced that the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) will immediately begin party membership registration across the state\u2019s ten counties after receiving official registration forms from the party\u2019s General Secretariat in Juba.<\/p>\n<p>The registration forms were handed over on Tuesday by the SPLM-IO General Secretariat under the leadership of the party\u2019s Interim Chairman, Ambassador Stephen Par Kuol.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists after receiving the forms, Marona, who also serves as the SPLM-IO interim chairman in Western Equatoria State, commended the party\u2019s interim leadership for its commitment to implementing the 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>He said the registration exercise would commence without delay across all ten counties of Western Equatoria, describing it as an important step in preparing the party for the country&#8217;s anticipated elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur youth are suffering everywhere; the women are suffering everywhere; people are living by the grace of God, and the only solution that can rescue us is elections, togetherness, and seeing each other as brothers and sisters,\u201d Marona said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged South Sudanese to embrace unity and democratic participation, saying the forthcoming elections offer citizens an opportunity to freely choose leaders who will address the country&#8217;s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Marona stressed that a democratic government should prioritise the welfare of citizens through effective service delivery, transparency, and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe upcoming elections are an opportunity for the people of South Sudan to elect their leaders. A democratic government is a government of the people, by the people, focused on service delivery, transparency, and accountability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy governor reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring the registration process reaches all parts of Western Equatoria State as the party mobilises members ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan\u2019s political parties have intensified preparations for the country&#8217;s planned general elections under the framework of the 2018 Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS).<\/p>\n<p>The agreement provides for democratic elections following the implementation of key transitional provisions. Political parties, including SPLM-IO, have begun organising membership registration and grassroots mobilisation as part of preparations for the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>The registration exercise in Western Equatoria is expected to strengthen the party\u2019s structures across the state\u2019s ten counties ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sabri Dibaco The Deputy Governor of Western Equatoria State, Justin Joseph Marona, has announced that the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) will immediately begin party membership registration across the state\u2019s ten counties after receiving official registration forms from the party\u2019s General Secretariat in Juba. The registration forms were handed<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/splm-io-to-intensify-political-mobilisation-in-wes-through-membership-registration\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79,4,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","category-politics","category-western-equatoria-state"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-Deputy-Governor-of-Western-Equatoria-State-Hon-Justin-Joseph-Marona-and-the-SPLM-IO-General-Secretariat-.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46576,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46574\/revisions\/46576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}