SPLM elections body to begin work in Lakes by Saturday

By Manyang Mayom

June 16, 2009 (RUMBEK) – The Chairman of the Lakes State Elections Campaign Strategy Committee (LSECSC), Philip Marol Mading, has released a plan for the body, mandating the committee to begin its functions of guiding the party ahead to the election in February 2010.

The committee was formed early in May 2009. Its action plan for Lakes state covers all eight counties, 69 payams and 150 bomas.

The plan is completed and the SPLM party is expected to give the go-ahead to her County Campaign Management Teams (CCMT) to begin in Rumbek Central County by Saturday, June 21, while being adopted immediately by the other counties down to the grassroots level.

However, the committee will follow rules and regulations laid down in certain paperwork, as follows: (1) Preparation of the Action Plan; (2) Formulation of Rules and Regulations governing the functions of the Elections Campaign Strategy Committee; (3) Drafting and approval of the LSECSC Budget; and (4) Stipulation of Terms of Reference (steps and procedures) to guide formation of County Campaign Management Teams.

According to this document signed by members of the body, the regulations “shall help the Elections Strategy Committee maintain its rigorousness, impartiality and credibility to achieve its set objectives of selecting competent SPLM members to win majority seats in the forthcoming general elections 2010. The Rules and Regulations are also expected to guide us and curb the elements of wrongdoings and other problems that might arise in the nomination process”.

The action plan has covered all the activities of each and every subcommittee in accordance with the National Elections Strategy. Priority has been given to the formation of County Campaign Management Teams (CCMT), with terms of references developed by the Committee after a series of meetings conducted, noted Mading.

(ST)