President Clarifies Appointment of SPLM-DC Member To The Constitution Commission
The Office of the President has been surprised by the announcement from SPLM-DC Party to the effect that the appointment of Sisto Olur Erista was not sanctioned by them to replace Yohanis Yor Akol who resigned as member of the National Constitution Review Commission. 22 January 2013 JUBA, 22 January 2013 [Gurtong] - He resigned as a part time member of the National Constitution Review Commission on the ground that he was not and is not a member of SPLM-DC. A statement from the president said he appointed Sisto Olur Erista on the strength of the letter written by the SPLM-DC Acting Secretary General who recommended him to be appointed as a part time member of the aforesaid Commission, which is keeping in line and is in accordance with Article 202(2) of the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011 A.D. The Article stipulates inter alia; that the President of the Republic shall, after consultation with political parties, appoint members to the Commission. “The Presidential Advisor on Legal Affairs this morning contacted the Minority Leader in the National Legislative Assembly, who is a member of SPLM-DC, and he intimated that the Acting SPLM-DC Acting Secretary General had no powers to make any recommendations for the appointment of the Party members to the aforesaid Commission, and to that end, SPLM-DC as a Party would conduct its own internal proceedings to arrest this anomaly of the Acting Secretary General acting impropriety,” says the release statement. “Towards that end, the Office of the President denies categorically in no uncertain terms to have acted unilaterally in the appointment of Sisto Olur Erista as SPLM-DC representative to the aforesaid Commission, as alleged by the SPLM-DC Party in its press release on SSTV and other media outlets, dated 22nd January 2013,” it concludes. Posted in: Home, Governance -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
