Governor asks speaker to go on forced leave
By Ngor Arol Garang
September 24, 2009 (ABYEI) — The Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Governor, General Paul Malong Awan Anei, today issued an order asking Angelo Marach Thiik, the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Legislative Assembly to consider going on forced till further notice.
The state assembly earlier this month passed a no confidence motion against its Speaker Mr. Thiik on eleven counts related to mismanagement of the state parliament budget, lack of consultation with the leadership of the ruling party and working with an international NGO, CSI, in a clear violation to the state constitution.
In a letter titled ‘Subject: Force leave till further notice’ Governor Malong informs the Speaker Thiik to stay away from office till informed of any resumption.
The letter with copy to Deputy Speaker Hon. Celina Awien Majok, State Director of National Security, State police commissioner also advised speaker to hand over office properties and equipments such as speaker office, stamp, heading paper and internal notes to his deputy without any failure.
It says failure to execute the above aforementioned directives will lead into a certain measures.
The speaker received the message with shivering voice asking members of his state what constitutional crime he has committed that prompted governor to interfere in parliamentary affairs.
“I do not remember having done anything wrong to Governor Malong since his appointment till individuals with personal grudges entered his office with fabricated lies, unsubstantiated financial scandal and mismanagement of the assembly budget,” he told Sudan Tribune said by phone from Aweil.
He called on the governor if he considers him guilty of a crime to form an independent committee to investigate his two accounts with Nile Commercial and Ivory Banks.
“I hardly understand how it became Paul Malong and Angelo Marach issue, I thought it was parliamentary affairs that does involve Governor,” said an official from the state who declined to be named.
The official speaking from Aweil further added that there can never be any progressive society “if threats and uncivilized acts are used as alternative to settling disputes.” He called upon state governor and speaker to responsibly handle this issue so it does not explode into sectional conflict.
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Governor asks speaker to go on forced leave
Well, if you don’t know yet; now you know, Gov. Malong is disaster ever happen to NBG. With very little education, now he thinks he owns that state of NBG, which is why he employed such dictatorial language.
Can someone please teach this block-head the role of Governor? It seems he knows nothing about immediate of role setting Governor, what a shame!!
J.James
Governor asks speaker to go on forced leave
Wow
Things this days are going hotter, that is the same thing which happened to the Jongolei speaker but this one sound little better because there are some charges level against him. But Jongolei spsaker was just removed without apparent charges may be merely for tribal interest.
Well let push on for now and see what tomorrow have for us.
God bless
The writer is watching closely.
duang marialdit
Governor asks speaker to go on forced leave
hey folks,
this predator call malong awan should have resign before forcing any body else to leave.no thing call state parliament budget which is different from whole state budget,state parliament was suppose to be responsible of suppervising state spending and other activities.but malong he is a state parliament and governor at the same time.