The leadership of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), the governing party of South Sudan, will meet with its parliamentary caucus on Monday to find solutions to differences over appointments of parliamentary committees’ chairpersons and their deputies.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Friday, the chairman of the SPLM parliamentary caucus, Atem Garang Dekuek, said members of the SPLM parliamentary caucus protested against the new appointments, saying the speaker’s selection criteria were inappropriate and did not reflect regional balance.
The newly appointed official suggested that the SPLM leadership and its caucus would sit to decide on the appointments of chairpersons and deputies in the parliament.
“We are trying so that we have democracy, we will ask the states to nominate like three or four people and five for a big state. They will present those names to the chairman of the parliamentary caucus so that they can lead the parliament during this period,” said Ateny.
On Thursday, President Salva Kiir and Vice President James Wani Igga met at the State House, where they discussed the differences within the SPLM parliamentary caucus.
Photo: SPLM chief whip in South Sudan parliament, Atem Garang assumes office on Monday April 3, 2017 (Radio Tamazuj)