Governor Dissatisfied With IGAD Proposal On Power Sharing The Caretaker Governor of Jonglei state, John Kong Nyuon, says the proposal by the East African block IGAD on power sharing is far from solving the conflict in South Sudan. 22 June 2015
By Jacob A. Jok BOR, June 19, 2015 [Gurtong] – In the three states that have been hardest hit by the conflict, Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile, IGAD proposes giving Riek Machar’s Movement 53 percent of ministerial portfolios. The ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement would hold 33 percent of cabinet positions in those states, and the remaining 14 percent of ministerial posts would be shared equally between the former detainees and other political parties. Governor Kong says the proposal will not be accepted. “I think this proposal wouldn’t succeed although they recommended it. Nobody will accept it,” Said Governor Kong during an SPLM caucus meeting in Bor on Wednesday. “Who will take that 53%? Who are those? And if they are people of Upper Nile, What of those who had rebelled from Greater Bahr el Ghazal and Equatoria, how many percentages do they have?” Questioned Kong. The IGAD proposal also provides for a transitional government of national unity to become operational three months after the signing of an agreement to end the conflict. The transitional government would remain in power for 30 months. IGAD proposes holding elections in South Sudan 60 days before the end of the transitional government's term. Posted in: Home -- 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/CAJb14opDFYMgWm0Ad6iK5c6VRnTCTw%3D8a_J1wNHMTwi6r3w1dA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
