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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny who is also the leader of the main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has said that the country should change its name to \u2018People\u2019s Republic of Sudan.<\/p>\n

Machar made this suggestion during the opening of the SPLM-IO General Secretariat in Juba on Saturday morning, saying \u2018South\u2019 in \u2018South Sudan\u2019 is just a direction and it was better that the country change its name to something he said would be \u2018People\u2019s Republic of Sudan.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue of our identity is a complex issue; even our country\u2019s name I believe should be changed to something like People\u2019s Republic of Sudan because \u2018South\u2019 is just a direction not a name,\u201d Machar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we will debate it what is it that we want to call ourselves. I hope you will accept my People\u2019s Republic of Sudan. IN Congo, for example, there is Democratic Republic of Congo and there is Republic of Congo, so there can be People\u2019s Republic of Sudan and Republic of Sudan,\u201d the top government official further added.<\/p>\n

Machar also announced during his speech that the party has decided to change its logo and that it was also working to change its name, something he said will happen in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis logo is a bird, a bird with a vision because we have a vision. We have a vision that our country must be a prosperous, peaceful, united country. This we must see that this is what we want to take South Sudan to, its people united,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall change the name of our party when time comes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan\u2019s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny who is also the leader of the main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has said that the country should change its name to \u2018People\u2019s Republic of Sudan. 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