Economist Peter Biar to testify before US Senate

JUBA – South Sudan’s exiled economist, Peter Biar Ajak, will testify on Wednesday before the United States Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, according to a timetable posted by the US Senate on its website and a confirmation by Biar himself.

Beside Peter Biar, ex-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former undersecretary of state department for global affairs, Paula J. Dobriansky, UK-based Burman campaigner, Wai Hnin Thon,  and pro-democracy activist and a lawmaker for Hong Kong legislative assembly, Nathan Law, are also expected to testify.

Biar who fled to the United States last year after receiving threats from President Salva Kiir’s government welcomed the decision by the US to call him for testimony to testify on promotion of democracy around the world starting with South Sudan.

“I am deeply honored to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 10 on how the U.S. can promote democracy around the world, starting with my home country of South Sudan,” Biar said on Twitter.