South Sudan President to visit Rumbek Monday
October 5, 2005 (JUBA) — The President of Southern Sudan Government tomorrow will pay a one day visit to the capital of Lakes state that witnessed last month inter-clan clashes and a political crisis between the government and the state parliament.
Salva Kiir Maydrit, will arrive to Rumbek on Monday morning to open census office in the capital of the lakes. However, reliable sources in Juba said he would hold talks with the local officials on the latest crisis between the state government and the speaker.
On September 24, lawmakers supportive to the state government said they impeached speaker of the legislative assembly, Isaiah Machinkok, who had led efforts against the allegedly corrupt State Minister for Finance, Trade and Industry, Philip Marol Mading.
Since the Lakes has two speakers.
The State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Isaac Kon Anok was seen as the coordinator of the move against the speaker Machinkok. Also on the same day the Governor Daniel Awet Akot, published a statement saying the speaker had been removed and necessary steps would be taken to avoid constitutional vacuum.
While the MPs supporters of Machinkok rejected the impeachment and said it was illegal.
Governor Akot and Speaker Machinkok were this week in Juba. Akot participated in the governors meeting while Machinkok were there to explain his position on the ongoing crisis in the Lakes.
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marial mach aduot mach
South Sudan President to visit Rumbek Monday
I think it will be good news to those who believe in democracy and social justice of the citizens cross the south unlike Mr. Awet Akot who seize the leadership of the Lake state and hold it tyrannically with the intentions to intermediate the citizens within their own land. However my wishers to President Kiir is to get rid of that animal (Mr. Awet) and replace him with the person that do understands the lives values and expenses of citizens in lakes because Mr. Awet himself is preoccupied and politically incapable to deliver the needs of the people by failing to let freedom fighter respect the right of the citizens however from my understanding the SPLA forces are not above the law otherwise they would have not protects us during the straggling unless the broken policies of Awet and his accomplices who provoke the lawlessness. Therefore I recommended that they should be up rooted and put where they belong or they should be dismembered before they establish themselves as ant stabilisation of the Lake’s state
Written by Marial M Aduotdit mach