W. Equatoria governor decrees constitutional review committee
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September 22, 2011 (KAMPALA) - The government of Western Equatoria
State formed a committee to review their interim constitution, in
conformity with the national transitional constitution of the Republic
of South Sudan 2011 on Tuesday.
The state governor, Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro issued a decree to form a
committee to review the interim constitution. It will be chaired by
the state minister of local government and law enforcement, Wilson
Sidigi.
The committee is comprised of 15 members drawn from the executive,
state legislative assembly, other parties, chiefs, civil society
organisations, youth and women representatives of which six are
lawyers by profession.
The deputy governor, who chaired the briefing, urged the committee to
speed up their work to meet the deadline of two weeks.
Abuyi noted that other states have already completed their
constitutional reforms.
One of the members of the committee, Margret Fozia from the state
legislative assembly, said she expected to finish within a period of
15 days.
The minister of justice, John Luk Jok has sent a circular to all the
ten states to prepare for a workshop in Juba on the final
deliberations on state constitutions.
(ST)
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