The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Party office in Eastern Equatoria State has officially launched its election campaign, with party leaders vowing to win all elective positions in the state.
The campaign launch took place on Tuesday at the SPLM Party State Secretariat in Torit during the reception of the party’s state chairperson and caretaker governor, Louis Lobong Lojore.
SPLM State Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs Ephone Emmanuel Lolimo said the party had now sounded the whistle for its election campaign.
“The whistle has been blown; the football has started,” he said. “The football for politics has started. SPLM must win 100 percent, not through rigging but through victory.”
Lolimo urged SPLM cadres to return to their counties and mobilize voters from the grassroots. He also said party members should prepare themselves for the elections and work together to secure victory.
Meanwhile, Eddy William Ponsiano Boyle, the SPLM chairperson for Torit County, called on party members to stop working individually and instead mobilize communities collectively. He urged SPLM leaders to visit communities down to the boma level and address local concerns.
“The time has come; let us move together with the people,” he said.
He also called on SPLM leaders in counties to resolve internal differences before the elections.
“If we are bad, nothing good will come,” William stated.
Charles Udwar Ukech, former Eastern Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly speaker, said peace remains one of the achievements of the current political period, and he urged SPLM members to explain the party’s record to voters during the campaigns.
“Let us vote for our cadres, let us vote for SPLM,” he said.
He also encouraged citizens to hold elected leaders accountable for their performance.
Akileo Mboya Peter, SPLM state secretary, called on former government officials and party cadres to return to their communities and prepare for the elections.
“Let us unite, let us remain united as members of the SPLM, and let us remain disciplined,” he urged.
Mboya added that the party will organize internal processes, including primaries, to select candidates for different positions. He urged aspiring candidates to register their interests with the party structures.
He also said the SPLM would work with the caretaker government to support free and fair elections.
The party secretary further pledged to work with other political parties to promote peaceful campaigns and dialogue in Eastern Equatoria.
SPLM Deputy Chairperson Margret Ito Leonardo urged party members to draw lessons from the 2010 elections. She called for unity among party members and cooperation with other political groups.
“Our unity is very key,” she stated.
Addressing the gathering, Eastern Equatoria SPLM Party chairperson and caretaker Governor Louis Lobong Lojore said the mobilization was aimed at preparing the party for the coming elections.
Lobong said the SPLM has achievements which its candidates should explain to voters during the campaign.
He also warned party members against relying on what he described as misleading information circulating on social media.
The governor welcomed SPLM members who previously served in government back to the party structures following the dissolution of the transitional government.
“You are home. You are going to be reorganized so that we go for political war, which is peaceful democracy,” he said. “SPLM is going to win 100 percent.”
He said those who win elections will have an opportunity to serve in different positions in government.
The SPLM mobilization comes as South Sudan prepares for the elections scheduled for December 2026, after years of delays under the transitional political arrangements.
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