South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"
By Simon Deng
The Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), Edmund Yakani said that they have noticed a sharp increase in political hate speech in the country.
“CEPO for the last three days observed sharp increase in confrontational language about the looming December 2024 elections especially among the supporters of SPLM and SPLM-IO which is disturbing and worrying in relation to the relative political stability across the country,” said Yakani told The Dawn in an interview on Monday in Juba.
“Another trend is some party members are trading in secret deals of getting party tickets for elections, it is better to be transparent and accountable to the citizens and members of your party than surprising them with secret deals,” he disclosed.
Yakani revealed that South Sudanese want peaceful and democratic elections, adding that what is happening seems to be rumors which normally turn out true.
“The likelihood of supporters of SPLM and SPLM-IO entering into political frictions can lead to return to violence. Therefore, supporters of both political parties should observe political maturity and discipline and take responsibility of not engaging in politics that is fueled with hostile propaganda, hate speech and insulting behaviors,” Yakani said.
