CES Assembly Opens For Third Session As EES Postpones
The Central Equatoria State Legislative Assembly, CESLA opened its third secession on Wednesday after the previous Month’s recess. Members are expected to discuss widely on humanitarian situations State-wide due to the recent Abyei conflict.11 June 2011 L-R, Governor Hon Clement Konga and CESLA Speaker Hassan Naptale during the House opening [©Gurtong]By Waakhe Simon and Peter Lokale JUBA, 8 June 2011 [Gurtong]-The Central Equatoria State Legislative Assembly, CESLA opened its third secession on Wednes1day after the previous Month’s recess. Members are expected to discuss widely on humanitarian situations State-wide due to the recent Abyei conflict. The session was attended by the Honourable Members of the Assembly, State Ministers two Bishops of the Anglican and Catholic Churches and the Muslim leader. H.E Clement Wani Konga was the Chief Guest as the State Governor. The Speaker; Hon. Hassan Gale Naptale emphasized mainly on the challenges hindering the effective work of the House. He noted that, the humanitarian situation in the State and South Sudan at large was alarming. “Putting food on the table has proved difficult,” he said. “Insecurity situation that hit the region days back following the conduct of the referendum has created a concern over humanitarian situation. The State and South Sudan leadership need to devise long term mechanisms to alleviate the situation. Lack of transport for the MPs, office space for some staffs, delay in release of finances that hampered the activities of the August House and Ministers delay to submit plans into the house for adequate discussion timeline were the main challenges affecting parliament in the previous secessions. The Governor, Hon. Clement Wani Konga emphasized that the House needed to start debating on the transitional draft constitution of South Sudan which is currently on popular consultation so as to come up with the position of the State Assembly. He called on the Assembly to also start drafting governing laws considering the fact that the region is to be independent in a month’s time. “The post independence period is crucial. It will require the formulation and legislation of bills to be promulgated into laws in the State Constitution to consolidate security, stability, rule of law and socio-economic and cultural regulations,” said the Governor. Hon. Konga defined the current situation as critical in which fighting its challenges needed joint efforts. He cautioned the CES leadership over power wrangles as it may lead the State nowhere. The Governors’ speech was mainly focused on preparing the State towards an independent South Sudan. He called for more commitment of the Assembly, saying that, it needed to do more than before due to the upcoming celebrations. Eastern Equatoria State Parliament session deferred The Eastern Equatoria State Parliament has deferred reopening of its third session from 9th June to 13 June over a one-day key State-run forum which kicked off on Wednesday in Juba whose attendance are the 10 South Sudan’s Assembly speakers with their respective deputies, announced Hon. Paul Napwon Yonae. Hon. Napwon who is attending the ongoing forum in Juba informed Gurtong from Juba over the telephone that the forum was opened by H.E president Kiir and disclosed that the forum was organised by South Sudan Legislative Assembly, SSLA. Hon. Members of EES have been informed accordingly and advised to turn up in for resumption of the session next week on Monday the 13th of June. He said it was important for the August House to resume early this month so as to be able to jointly prepare for Independence Day celebrations. 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.
