South Sudan Opposition Alliance Press Statement On Disputed Positions
Photo: Hon.Peter Lomude the head of the SSOA Committee
Published as advert Date: 15 November 2020
On 26 October 2020 we raised a complaint against three (3) constituent SSOA organizations led by Ms Josephine Lagu and Mr Joseph Bakosoro when they decided to exclude the other SSOA constituent organizations from participation in the governments of three (3) Equatoria States.
They want to distribute the positions among themselves alone. They refused that we take part in the meeting of the Equatoria Committee assigned to decide on the allocation of government positions in the Equatoria region. Afterwards, the two were directed by a SSOA leadership meeting to meet all SSOA organizations that have members in Equatoria. They did not heed the directives but continued to exclude our organizations. This fact was confirmed by a report rendered to SSOA leadership meeting by Josephine Lagu on the 8th of November. The report was rejected and the Equatoria region Committee she chairs was directed again to meet with the participation of all organizations and discuss and agree on the allocations.
The committee did not meet as directed and Josephine Lagu went with the same report to the SSOA leadership meeting on the 10th. Currently, the three organizations are continuing with their secret meetings without the participation of the other five (5) member organizations of SSOA.
The three (3) Equatoria States have fifty-six (56) positions for SSOA including a Deputy Speaker, six (6) Ministers, three (3) Advisors, three (3) County Commissioners and six (6) Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of Independent Commissions. These are the positions the three would want to divide among themselves to the exclusion of the other five organizations. Such greediness is shockingly unbelievable. It is to be noted that members of these three organizations in Bahr El Ghazal and Upper Nile regions were given positions there, why deny Equatorians their rightful participation in their own region?
Such a behaviour is a clear violation of the SSOA Charter and Regulations. In this regard, we therefore resolved the following:
- We will not in any way recognize the nominations they make.
- Since they are not ready to engage with all the SSOA organizations to discuss the allocations in Equatoria region, we are left with no option but to use all in our ability to see that justice prevails and that some people don’t deny others the fruits of their labour.
Signed by:
- Mr Paul Wani,
Head of Information SSLM,
Team Leader, ……………………………………………………………………………………….
- Mr idris Priys Idris,
Representative of SSUM …………………………………………………………………………
- Mr Abdulrahim Daniel,
Representative of SSPM …………………………………………………………………………
- Mr Peter Lomude Francis,
Chairman of Political Affairs Committee, NDM
Team Leader……………………………………………………………………………………………
- Mr Issa Mustafa Zerara,
Deputy Secretary General, FDP,
Team Leader. ………………………………………………………………………………………….
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