Warap Legislative Assembly closes over motion to impeach minister Friday, 25 February 2011 10:14 Sudan >>> The Warrap State Legislative Assembly has closed down until further notice due to a split in the house over a motion to impeach the State Minister of Finance on Tuesday. Speaking to Radio Miraya, the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Gavino Kiir Madut, said that the situation arose when the speaker requested the MPs for withdrawal of motion but they refused and forced him to walk out from the session.
Madut described the current situation as a constitutional crisis in the state. He added that the Government of Southern Sudan has sent a committee to resolve the issue. Earlier in the week, the state assembly summoned the Minister of Finance to explain the expenditure of the State's five months budget. According to the Deputy Speaker, the report presented by the minister did not satisfy the legislators, prompting twenty seven out of thirty four MPs asking for removing the minister from his office. This, he said, has divided opinion in the state government. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
