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rush to the polls

The people vote on the independence of southern Sudan. They celebrated even before the results are confirmed. EU observers praise the organization.

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risen, as the southerners flocked to the polling stations. Max Androga has risen by five clock in order to make. Almost three hours, he waits patiently in the dusty courtyard of the elementary school district in Southern Sudan capital Juba Mukumi, opens up to the election station under a mango tree. The 45-year-old accountant with a T-shirt with the word "elimination".
"I'm so excited, my whole life I've waited for this day," he says, grinning from ear to ear. Androga has been through two wars in his life, was sitting in jail because he sympathized with the rebels, had been shot, has only just survived. "I have in my life have never really experienced peace, now it's finally time, "he says, and gets teary-eyed.
Some four million registered voters are called upon to vote on the independence of the South by the government in northern Khartoum. The referendum will one weeks take, as people must travel in a country half times the size of Germany long distances on foot in the only 2600 polling stations. take at least 60 percent of registered must, so the result is valid. This is the 2005 peace agreement between southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement enshrined (SPLM) and Northern Sudan government under Omar Bashir. After over 20 years of war and a complicated peace process in Juba is currently no one doubts the fact that the majority votes to secede. put

When the first voters at eight clock their ballots in the plastic boxes, music booms from the speakers. A woman swings southern Sudan flag, dancing and singing. The people waiting to clap and sing. The mood is relaxed. Haua Zaitun has put on her Sunday dress red. She laughs when she throws the ballot into the ballot box and dipped their fingers in the inkwell. The water-resistant ink to prevent people from voting twice. Barnaba Marial government spokesman Benjamin says the referendum is already a success. "Throughout the country there is an indescribable rush to the polling stations," he says. Also, the referendum in southern Sudan office, praised that all polling stations opened on time. Over 60,000 policemen secure the elections and guard the polls. In one week, the counting begins in southern Sudan. Responsible for the conduct of the election is the national Referendum Commission in Sudan's capital Khartoum. You must be the final result by 14 February announced. Before that, there is the possibility that Referendum in court in Khartoum to challenge. Sudan's President Bashir had announced during his recent visit to Juba, he would accept the results. The EU election observers to congratulate the referendum office in Juba to the already successful implementation. It was important that the referendum on 9 Begins in January, it was established in the peace treaty, Veronique de Keyser, chairman of the EU election observer mission said in the southern Sudan. More than 100 EU observers are in use, plus observers from the African Union, the churches and local NGOs.