USA Africa Dialogue Series - Public Opinion Poll Results on Southern Sudan's Referendum

FYI: Find attached results of an opinion poll conducted by the Agency for Independent Media (AIM) - note this contrast in particular:

 

South Sudanese gave various reasons for their opinions on the referendum as follows:

 

Secession option:

i.To  established and develop country of their own.

ii.To control their own resources without remote control from Khartoum.

iii.To be in control of their own destiny through their government and parliament.

iv.To develop a sense of their own dignity and identity.

v.To be out of the Arab dominance and lead their own country in view of secularism.

vi.A united Sudan is a postponement of future civil wars with northern Arabs.

vii.To practice total human rights and freedoms in their own country.

viii.To establish their desired government on the base on democracy and rule of law.

ix.The north has failed to address issues of identity, equitable share of resources and power.

x.To stop imposition of Arabization and Islamization against the will of South Sudanese.

 

Unity option:

i.Since we are one country, there should be no division between north and south of Sudan.

ii.We cannot develop without northern Sudan hence one country will be an ideal option.

iii.Secession will not solve tribal clashes in southern Sudan.

iv.There is still hope for a united beautiful Sudan since the SPLM has failed and made itself as another oppressive regime in the South.

v.SPLM has serious internal squabbles that may plank South Sudan into civil war after her secession.