S. Sudan law body bars outspoken lawyer from legal practice
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April 27, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan Bar Association (SSBA), a body
that regulates all practicing lawyers in the country, has barred
senior advocate Kiir Chol Deng from active law practice.
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Juba high court during one of the sessions (Radio Tarmajuz)
SSBA, in a 21 April 2017 letter, accused the outspoken lawyer of
“failing to renew his license” .
The South Sudanese law entity is backed by Chief Justice, Chan Reech
Madut, the country’s Justice Minister, Paulino Wanawilla and acting
Secretary General of South Sudan’s ruling party (SPLM), Jemma Nunu
Kumba.
Kiir, however, described the move undertaken by SSBA as “illegal”, and
opposed any attempt by the Government of South Sudan to install its
preferred candidate as the head of the bar association.
“The decision to bar me from practicing law is purely politically
motivated and amounts to serious interference in the independence,
impartiality and integrity of the Judiciary”, the advocate told Sudan
Tribune Thursday.
He added, “Such politically-motivated decisions will negatively
undermine the rule of law in South Sudan”.
Sudan Tribune understands that the lawyer could be a target for
sustained criticisms on the way judicial matters were being handled.
Kiir, one of the legal counsels representing those accused of
corruption in the president’s office, played a key role in the recent
ruling by the court of appeal to quash and order retrial of the case.
The SSBA’s decision, a source further told Sudan Tribune, was
hurriedly made to “isolate Kiir from representing his clients either
at the retrial as ordered by the Court of Appeal or the Supreme
Court”.
The lawyer, in the past, successfully challenged a High Court ruling,
citing harassment and interference by the national security service to
influence the ruling against his clients in favour of the government.
As such, he was threatened at gunpoint within the court premises by
the national security services personnel in the full view of the
presiding judge, prompting him to withdraw from the case.
Kiir, a commissioner for oaths, has vowed legal against the legal body.
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28 April 08:21, by Don-Don Malith Rual
No one should be above the law! In this case this should be the
work of South Sudan law society to suspend his licence if he has not
renewed his operational documents.This is not the works of
President.You people motivated your own things and a curse the
politics as the primary motivator.The law society is the one
responsible for this case.
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28 April 08:55, by Fair Man
Don-Don Malith
The body itself, that claims to regulate the private lawyers,
lacks legitimacy. It was suspended on 9.2.2012, but Kon Bior,
stubbornly installed himself as Chairperson until God relieves him
last year. They have been stupidly thinking that private lawyers are
part of SPLM or JCE. We will support Kiir Chol to challenge this
cowardice behavior of Chan Reech et’al.
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28 April 13:42, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Fair man.What do think will be the solutions? I think the Bill
of rights should be define in the legal extent of the civil liberty to
entenched bills of right that could separate or distinguished it from
satutory one
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28 April 13:58, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Then entrenched bill of rights to enshrined in a higher
court of law thus providing the basis for constitutionaljudiciary
review hitherto statutory bills of rights can therefore be amended or
repealed thro same processes as other statute laws.this is the only
effective means of providing protections with legal and possible
constitutional protections again the government or politician.I am not
expe
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28 April 09:01, by Dengda
"The South Sudanese law entity is backed by Chief Justice, Chan
Reech Madut, the country’s Justice Minister, Paulino Wanawilla and
acting Secretary General of South Sudan’s ruling party (SPLM), Jemma
Nunu Kumba" this statement highlighted the meltdown of judiciary
system. Reech as chief Madut as chief justice and Nunu shouldn’t have
voices in the legal and administrative process.
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28 April 09:08, by Dengda
in mind of light minded people, Reech has to answer to the
judges or he has bribed and signed deal of eliminating vocal voices
with them, again it goes to back to square one, this mean judges are
incompetents and they settled for short term gain. Kiir as lawyer,
commissioner of oath & advocate as article articulated as fierce
critics of government and system, one could easily draw from the...
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28 April 09:13, by Dengda
involvement of senior politicians namely, Reech Chan
madut, Nunu Kumba and Wanawila in supporting of Kiir removal from his
duties. One thing is crystal outstanding is political motives in civil
affairs and elimination of vocal voices.
Question" is Salva Kiir is ready for peace, national
Dialogue and uniting the country?
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28 April 11:08, by Faucett Carefree
I am not unmindful that some of us have come here out of great
trials and tribulations. Some of us have come fresh from narrow jail
cells. Some of us have come from areas where your quest for freedom
left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the
winds of police brutality.for the equiatable justice let the Bar
restated the licence of Mr Deng.He has been advocating for minority
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28 April 14:18, by Fair Man
Don-Don Malith Rual
If the Ministry of Justice is in capable of protecting people
against lawlessness, coz its part of executive which is the sole
violator of laws, Judiciary is politicized as Judges are 99% SPLM
members. Then only strong and independent Bar Association can open
eyes of South Sudanese. Advocates are not on Salva Kiir’s payroll.
They bribed Advocates not to condemn government chaos
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28 April 14:23, by Fair Man
The best way to get rid of this rotten system is to call for
elections. The body headed by late Dr. William Kon Bior, was illegal
after being dissolved by General Assembly on 9th February, 2012. Kon
Bior, recklessly connived with some scandalous officials of Ministry
of Justice, Judiciary and SPLM that made them brought in Security to
disrupt the elections in March, 2015.God bless us.
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28 April 14:49, by Don-Don Malith Rual
You are right my friend and seem to be well informed about the
Situation. In liberal democracies it is often taken for granted
that the central purpose of constitution is to constraints government
with the view to protect indivialual liberty, that is why constitution
is tend to be viewed as devices for establishing n maintaining limited
government with
Negative right- right that mark out real
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28 April 15:00, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Negative rights that mark out realm of unconstrained actions
thus check the responsibilities of government plus positive rights
that made tge demand of government in term of provision of resources
and support,some people suggested elections! Who is your potential
candidate? What is the reactions of the bureaucracy and big
government?or cabinet?
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