W. Bahr el Ghazal assembly elects new speaker, deputy

March 16, 2016 (WAU) – Lawmakers in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state assembly, at its third sitting on Tuesday, elected Anyar Anyar Dor and Viola Omely as speaker and the deputy respectively.

Dor, who hails from Marial Bai payam of Jur River county, replaces Mario Nyibang John. Nyibang was controversially-elected two years.

On the other hand, the deputy speaker from Wau county, replaces Mary Emilio Bafuka.

Speaking during the swearing in ceremony in Wau town on Tuesday, Anyar said the state assembly would mainly focus on the state’s security situation as well as the implementation of last year’s peace deal between government and the armed opposition.

“Our country is going through hard time and facing gigantic confronts on the issue of insecurity,” said Anyar.

“We need work to guarantee that the security situation is stabile, peace is implemented throughout the region and that the warring parties recently restore trust between ourselves, and fabricate the social framework,” he stressed.

Meanwhile, all the 32 members of the newly established Wau state parliament took oath on Tuesday in the presence of the state chief justice and Governor Elias Waya Nyipuoch.

(ST)