Angelina Teny

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In the April 2010 elections Angelina Teny broke from her party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, and ran as an independent candidate for Governor of Unity State. Her main challenger was the incumbent governor Taban Deng Gai. Early reports showed she was leading by a wide margin against the other six contestants. [5]

The state electoral body announced that Taban Deng Gai won by 137,662 votes, beating Angelina Teny with 63,561 votes. The defeated parties said in a joint statement that there had been wide spread rigging and called for a review by the National Elections Commission. Angelina Teny said she would not accept or recognize the results. [9] Angelina Teny detailed many irregularities, including ejection of observers, missing ballot boxes, vote counts in excess of the number of registered voters and so on. [10] Her campaign leader was arrested when he and members of his team tried to enter the State High Elections Committee's office. [11] Police shot dead two people and four others were injured when police opened fire on a crowd of protesters in the state capital, Bentiu. [12] Angelina Teny called on her supporters to be calm and avoid violence, which has been epidermic in Unity State, the main oil-producing area in South Sudan. [13]

Later career

The Unity State governor Taban Deng later accused Teny and SPLM-DC Chairman Lam Akol of supporting Colonel Galwak Gai, who led a mutiny against the SPLM Army after the elections. Edward Lino, a member of the SPLM leadership, allegedly accused her of supporting insurgency in Unity State. In response, Angelina Teny said that she was filing a lawsuit against Edward Lino. [14] Teny was said to have promised to appoint Gai as a county commissioner if she won the election, and he rebelled when he failed to obtain this position. [15]

Angelina Teny was appointed adviser on petroleum matters to the South Sudan Energy and Mines Ministry, and was the leader of negotiations with the Khartoum government over ownership and management of oil assets. While attending an energy conference in Ghana in September 2011 she spoke on the state of the oil industry in South Sudan after two months of full independence. She said that management of oil resources was largely though not entirely being handled from the Sudan, and South Sudan was in control of most of its oil fields. Those fields that are producing had output of about 300,000 barrels per day. [16]

Angelina Teny said the government had created the outline of a 3-year program to develop infrastructure. This included construction of an oil refinery to meet domestic needs. A new law to regulate the industry was almost ready to be published. South Sudan urgently needed capital to meet Millennium Development Goals and to build roads and pipelines. She said the oil companies were talking to the government which was reviewing existing contracts. More information was needed for Juba to be able to assess reserves. [16]

Personal life

She is the wife to Riek Machar, the first Vice President of South Sudan. They have four children. [17] On 18 May 2020, Teny and her husband tested positive for COVID-19. after showing signs and symptoms. [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Unity state's Angelina Teny refutes explanation on Bentiu stadium incident". Sudan Tribune. March 19, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
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  5. 1 2 "Unity state's Angelina Teny leads in preliminary gubernatorial election results". Sudan Tribune. April 16, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
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  9. ↑ "Angelina Teny says will not accept "rigged" and "untrue" election results". Sudan Tribune. April 25, 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  10. ↑ "Angelina Teny Accuses SPLM of not Abiding by Electoral Process Safety Procedures". Sudan Vision. April 20, 2010. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
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