AKobo-Anyuak Calls For Immediate Removal Of County Commissioner From Office The Anyuak Coordination Council in the diaspora wants Commissioner Timothy Taban Juch acked effective immediately, for allegedly not respecting the South Sudan constitution. 08 June 2015
By Jacob A. Jok *BOR, June 8, 2015 [Gurtong] –* The Akobo Anyuak Coordination Council in diaspora is a non-partisan community organization that monitors developments in Akobo County from Afar. The Anyuak is one of several tribes living in Akobo County. 13 of the council’s members on Saturday discussed their concerns about Akobo county commissioner Taban Juch, and agreed to send a letter to Jonglei state Caretaker Governor, John Koang and South Sudan’s Speaker, asking them to remove Juch from office. Juch was elected as a national Member of Parliament in 2010 during Sudan’s general election and was appointed Akobo County Commissioner in 2014. The head of the Akobo Anyuak Council, Ongew Nyigwo, said it is illegal for Juch to hold both positions at once. “Taban Juch without resigning from his position he comes in Jonglei and he becomes a commissioner again,” Ongew Nyigwo said. He said without the sons and daughters of Akobo County and without Anyuak as well, “the nomination of Taban Juch as County Commissioner is against the law and this is not right.” The transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan 2012 Article 63 (1) (g) states that Membership of the National Legislative Assembly shall be lost on assumption of any constitutional office in a state or local government level. They called on Magok Rundial, the Speaker of South Sudan National Assembly to expedite a replacement for Timothy Taban Juch with an Akobo Anyuak for the seat of Akobo County in the South Sudan Legislative Assembly as per the constitution guidelines. They also urged Governor Koang, the Caretaker Governor of Jonglei State to do the same in the state. Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opT15GQtCMY4thT0Ppgs8EgHgQkLjHsycQyqXtQ664%2BiQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
