The leadership of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), the governing party of South Sudan, on Tuesday dissolved all parliamentary committees set up by the parliamentary speaker Anthony Lino Makana.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday after a meeting of the SPLM caucus chaired by President Kiir, Atem Garang, chief whip of the SPLM parliamentary caucus, said the issue has been resolve after the SPLM parliamentary caucus protested against the recent appointments of parliamentary committees’ chairpersons and their deputies.
He pointed out that the party leadership decided to increase the number of parliamentary committees from 18 to 25 in order to accommodate all political parties in line with the signed peace agreement.
“The current chairpersons of the committees are abolished and then new names for the chairpersons of the committees from all the caucuses of the states will be submitted to the chief whip,” said Garang.
He noted that the new decision will be implemented next week so the national parliament can resume its normal work.