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South Sudan MPs face harassment as they lack IDs ArticleComments (6). Email PrintSave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 13, 2011 (JUBA) – Members of Parliament (MPs) in South Sudan have expressed concerns over lack of identity cards (IDs), which they said sometimes results in their harassment by the security organs in the country. The national parliament, based in the current capital, Juba, has a membership of over 350 lawmakers, but their identity cards have not yet been issued to them since the time it first convened in August after South Sudan’s independence in July. The MPs, who are supposed to be treated as VIPs with immunity, however continue to suffer from harassment like the rest of the ordinary people because they are not identified by the security organs. On Wednesday, The Citizen newspaper reported on an incident involving an MP at the Juba International Airport where he was forced to leave the VIP premises when he failed to show his ID while trying to receive his colleagues who were arriving at the airport. A motion was raised in the parliament, chaired by the Deputy Speaker Daniel Awet Akot, during which the members expressed disappointment over the delay to issue them with IDs. However, the second Deputy Speaker in the parliament, Fatima Nyawang Biliu, explained to the MPs that their IDs were being processed and could be issued soon. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
