Jonglei Residents Seek To Elect Governor Jonglei state citizens are calling on the national government to allow the gubernatorial elections to be conducted to choose their governor through voting. 01 October 2013
*By Jacob Achiek Jok* *BOR, 01 October 2013 [Gurtong] – *The acting Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Secretary, Abot Awan Gaidit, has urged state populations to be vigilant as there is no caretaker governor appointed in the state. “It depends on what criteria that are going to be use but otherwise, we want the right person in the right place regardless of where he/she comes from,” he said. State Speaker Peter Chol Wal has said that if the position of the governor falls vacant in one of the reasons, either expiration of the term of the office, upon the written resignation letter addressed to the president of the republic through the state legislative assembly and impeachment in according with provisional this constitution, the deputy governor can act for 60 days. Chol says president of the republic can remove and appointed the care taker governor who shall prepare for the election within sixty days in the state where the governor has been removed but in the case if the governor resigned. Speaker Wal says that current situation of Jonglei state, the deputy governor will act according to transitional constitution of Jonglei state which says “if the position of Governor fail vacant, the deputy governor can fill in the position pending election that shall be conducted within 60 days starting from the date of occurrence.” He said that went they approved the residential of the former governor that we have send to the president of South Sudan on the fifth of August and approved on 22 of August then the 60 days will be finishing on 22 of October 2013. One of the students, Jacob Nhial Adak said that they have become lousy as absence of Governor resulted to insecurity in town. He says after the independence of South Sudan, people achieved democracy which may make them to elect their leaders. “We need the new governor to be elected by the people of Jonglei state to choose the future leader and not to be appointed by the president of the republic of South Sudan because appointed governor may not work according to the needs of the majority,” he said. He said that if the elected governor is not fulfilling their needs then they may not blame him because it come through majority votes, while if appointed people may complain more if he gone wrong in managing the affairs of the state. The other students requested the national government of South Sudan to allow them go through the voting process as soon as possible, adding that they cannot go and such around to get new person because they have deputy governor which have serve for long times which can easily be elected as governor. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oozxQXtMcxmkb3hOrE-JkHREd1v3csnPHub0yp20TPPRA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
