Opposition Withdrawal Won’t Affect Constitutional Review Says SPLM The South Sudan’s ruling party, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-SPLM has said that threats by South’s Opposition parties to withdraw from the amendment of the Southern Sudan Constitution 2005 will not stop the Technical Committee progress.10 March 2011 H.E John Luk Jok addressing South’s Political Parties officials at Nyakuron Cultural Center-Juba [©G
H.E John Luk Jok addressing South’s Political Parties officials at Nyakuron Cultural Center-Juba [©Gurtong] By Waakhe Simon Wudu Juba, 10th March, 2011 [Gurtong] - The South Sudan’s ruling party, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-SPLM has said that threats by South’s Opposition parties to withdraw from the amendment of the Southern Sudan Constitution 2005 will not stop the Technical Committee progress. Hon. John Luk Jok of SPLM who is also the Chairperson of the Constitution Review Committee, a body charged to amend the Constitution has told the press in Juba. Gurtong has learnt that 9 political parties have quitted the Review Committee. In a press statement read to the press early this week by the Chairperson of the UDSF, one of the opposition parties, David Dechan said that, UDF, USSP, SLP, SPLM-DC, CPS, UDSF, SSDF, SDA and NUDF have pulled out of the review process. The opposition opposed the need to enlarge the size of the Government of Southern Sudan-GOSS in which they see as SPLM’s strategy to accommodate its own cadres. They opposed a decision to expand Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly-SSLA which is dominated by SPLM. Over 90% of the Members of Parliament in the SSLA are from SPLM. Despite the Opposition’s statement of withdrawal from the review committee, John Luk refuted the credibility of the statement saying that, five parties were only absent in the review. He said the Constitutional Review Committee will continue to work with other Southern political parties remaining in the Committee Task Force. “These are not the only Southern political parties-(parties that withdrew) who were appointed to review the constitution. The committee is still working normally”, John said. Originally, the GOSS President appointed 24 Technical Committee members to review the interim constitution of Southern Sudan 2005. However, the appointment which the opposition parties viewed as not inclusive sparked critics, saying it was against the Parties’ agreed procedures in the South-South Dialogue, a meeting that brought all Southern Sudan political parties together last year. Posted in: Home -- 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.
