Over 30 South Sudanese government lawyers have begun four weeks training on prosecution and criminal justice in South Sudan. The training was launched on Monday by the Minister of Justice and was funded by the European Union.
Speaking on Monday during the opening of training at the Ministry of Justice, Justice Minister Paulino Wanawilla Unango called on the lawyers to use the training as a chance for acquiring new skills instead of being corrupt. “You have to prove before the court beyond reasonable doubt that a person has committed a crime,” he said.
He urged lawyers to follow the professional ethic and called it their moral duty not to encourage corruption.
“You are paid because you are delivering service to your country, you’re not paid because you have so many wives or so many children. And children by the way and wives are not investment, these are responsibilities,” he said.
The minister stressed honesty and non-corruption: “If we are delivering service to this country, let us put this country above our own social need,” Wanawilla added.