Who is the New MP for Abiem Center at the National Legislative Assembly in Juba?
3 min readBy Kuol Alberto Makuach, Juba, South Sudan
January 26, 2016 (SSB) —- The National Legislative Assembly for Southern Sudan was formed right after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which ushered in an era of peace to Sudan after years of bloodshed. Its roles like any other parliament around the globe is to formulate laws that govern the country. We have to applaud our representatives at our national assembly for having tried to do their best although we have never had one. The next generation of parliamentarians will do extremely well.
Whether they did to the expectations of the people is not the concern of this article. But surely they are to raise issues affecting the communities and come up with modalities on how to tackle them.
The composition of its members is either through appointment or the process of elections like what happened in 2010. The Legislative Assembly is one of the three organs of the government which are intertwined and yet independent bodies that should operate without the interference from another one. The three organs are the Executive, the Judiciary and the legislature.
The essence of writing this article is not that Abiem centre constituency was not being represented at our national parliament, but that, its representative Hon. Garang Diing Akuong was appointed by the President as the Ambassador to the United States of America. Ever since he was sent oversee as the representative for our government, nobody has been appointed in his place. Nobody is bringing forth issues facing Abiem centre community.
For those who might not know where Abiem centre is, it is in the heart of the then Aweil East county which is currently Aweil East State. It is home to the following sections: Apuoth, Makuac Athian, Ajuongthi and Wunanei.
Now, the question is, why? Don’t we have capable people that can be put as replacement for Mr. Akuong after having been given another position? Why is the executive interfering in the affairs of the legislature? Is it not in the policies of the Assembly to bring on board someone else in case the elected member is elevated?
Since SPLM-IO 50 members have been decreed to parliament recently (Thursday, 7/01/2016), and soon 17 others will be brought forth by other political parties, then it is equally fitting to demand for the appointment of our representative so that Abiem center is represented at our national assembly.
This is a demand by the people of the above constituency. If someone is already appointed, then it should be made public.
You can reach the author via his email: Kuol K. Alberto kuolkuol2001@yahoo.com
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