South Sudan’s First Vice President Taban Deng Gai summoned the governor of Latjor state Peter Gatkuoth Khor in an apparent bid to break a deadlock that has delayed the formation of the state government.
The two major coalition partners, SPLM faction loyal to President Kiir and SPLM-IO group allied to the First Vice President Taban Deng Gai, remained locked in hectic bargaining over distribution of portfolios in Latjor state.
“I heard that the governor was supposed to come to Juba but due to heavy rains in Latjor, he could not make it over the past five days, so this is what I know,”Taban Deng’s spokesman Chuol Lam told Radio Tamazuj today.
Chuol pointed out that the two partners will agree on the formation of the state government.
The 2015 peace deal says the council of ministers in each of the three states of Unity, Jonglei and Upper Nile will be divided 46% for the SPLM faction led by Salva Kiir and 40% for the SPLM-IO group.
In the remaining states, according to the peace deal, the SPLM-IO group will take 15% of the executive positions while the government will keep 85% of positions.