South Sudan Parliament to Mobilise Funds to Support SPLA
The South Sudan National Assembly (SSNA) has resolved to mobilise financial resources to back the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in the raging war against the Sudan Armed Forces (SPLA). 13 April 2012 Members of the South Sudan National Assembly at a previous sitting. [©Gurtong/Waakhe Simon Wudu] By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 13 April 2012 [Gurtong] - According to the resolution read by the House Clerk before the August House Wednesday, the Speaker and the leader of the opposition are to contribute South Sudanese Pounds (SSP) 1,500, the government and Opposition Chief Whip SSP 1,000 and the Parliamentarians SSP 500. “The contribution is meant to show the SPLA forces in the frontline that the legislature, the representative of the people is behind them”, said House Speaker Wani Igga. Fighting between Sudan and South Sudan that started last month is reportedly escalating, with reported aerial bombardments in Sudan’s Unity State. “It is an ugly development at the border. We have to be vigilant in all the points as they (Khartoum) are aggressing us in all corners”, Igga told parliamentarians who are about to go for a two-month recess. He at the same time told the parliamentarians that the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir is expected to brief the August House over the deteriorating security situation along the Sudan- South Sudan border. Inter-Parliamentary Union Meanwhile, the South Sudan National Assembly (SSNA) has been admitted as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). “We applied and we have been accepted to that body (IPU)”, Igga told the MPs on last week’s admission of the infant national assembly to the world parliamentary body. He pledged the SSNA’s commitment to honour financial commitment to IPU, while admitting that external assistance will still be needed. Wani said SSNA would establish an IPU committee that would compose of eighteen members. Posted in: Home, Governance, Parliaments -- 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.
