Unity State elders have endorsed president Salva Kiir Mayardit as the SPLM party flag bearer in the anticipated December polls. The community leaders led by Paul Chak Chuol stressed their position in a meeting with the SPLM 1st deputy chairperson Dr. James Wani Igga and comrade a prominent Unity State elder, which focused on election preparations. Chuol remembered President Kiir’s landslide victory in the historic 2010 elections, which cemented the public’s enduring trust across the Upper Nile region. Comrade James Wani Igga praised the elders for their steadfast dedication, emphasizing that the SPLM remains a historic national party that must be fiercely preserved and protected.
