Lawyer criticizes selection process of EALA members Hellen Achayo | August 7, 2017 | 8:43 amInterior of the National Legislative Assembly
The selection process of the members of the East African Legislative Assembly is wrong, a South Sudanese lawyer has said. On Thursday, the Transitional National Legislative Assembly “democratically elected” nine representatives to the regional assembly.29 candidates contested for the seats in which six men have won through a polling, while three females were elected unopposed.The MPs said they already represent one-third women representation, one of the requirements for South Sudan membership to the parliament based in Arusha Tanzania.Out of the nine, five are from the SPLM; three are independents; and SPLM-IO won only one seat at the EALA. “Null and void” The lawyer, Wani Santino, says members of the SPLM-IO contested as a party, but it is not. IO is a party to the 2015 peace agreement.“It’s not in line with the treaty; it is not in line with the electoral act. The whole process has become null and void,” said Mr. Santino, who petitioned for the withdrawal of the first presidential nominees. The East African Court of Justice is expected to verify whether proper procedures were followed in the elections of the 9 members. -- To post to this group, send email to southsudankob@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to SouthSudanKob@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orpn-%2BtUwgHgZQ3qhFG8AHgrnME7vfvee%3DQC1iC%3DNgjBw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
