Speaker Blames Deliberation Delays On Absence Of Parliamentarian Minister The Speaker of the Western Equatoria State (WES) Legislative Assembly has blamed the failure to deliberate on important legislative issues for the past one month after reopening in November on lack of a parliamentary minister. 10 December 2013
By Joseph Nashion *YAMBIO, 10 December 2013 [Gurtong] - *Hon. James Elisa Bage told Gurtong that the business code of conduct states that first thing to do is the parliamentary minister or the Chief Whip to present the governor’s policy document to the August house for deliberation. Bage said the removal of the parliamentary minster and the Chief Whip coupled with the national policy of reshuffling cabinet affected deliberations. He said the Speakers Forum resolved that any governor who is not currently the chairperson of the ruling party SPLM at state level shall not be authorized to appoint a chief whip in the assembly. He said the Assembly is patiently waiting for the governor to appoint somebody who will carry out issues to do with the parliamentary and then the SPLM members will sit and recommend one from amongst the members of the assembly to become the new chief weep. He mentioned that when the assembly sits, they would deliberate on the governor’s policy document which will be followed by the annual budget. Bage urged the people to love their government, be patriotic and law abiding as he also warned against discriminations, ethnicity, hatred and blackmail. “We don’t want to see a community that blackmails and talks bad of its leaders. We are all one and if there is anything you see not going well then, inform the people around to talk about,” Bage appealed. Last week, the State Radio announced a decree by the State Governor Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro relieving the State Assembly Chief Whip Hon. Bukulu Edward without replacements. 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/CAJb14oqAf2D7qe0TbKePhLG3Dkr1YEX3UY0w7Arv0vwcpJUdmQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
