You can’t summon me – governor tells parliamentary committee New Times 25/03/13 – Governor Kuol Manyan Juuk of Jonglei State has vowed not to appear before the National Legislative Assembly after being summoned to answer questions pertaining to security threats in his state. The Specialised Standing Committee of Defence, Security and Public Order had summoned him to appear before the committee this Monday. The governor said that the Transitional Consitution givers the National Assembly powers to oversee performance of the national government instiuttions only, but not the state which are under the jurisdiction of state legislative assembly and the National Council of States. Governor Kuol said that in its summons the legislature referred erroneously to a constitutional article that actually only gives the legislature competency to summon national ministers. The parliamentary committee had issued the summons because there is a significant national defence force deployed in the state amid continuing threats from the Yau Yau rebellion and inter-tribal conflicts. Other matters of concern to the committee reprtedly include th emigration of armed pastoralists with their herds into Central and Eastern Equatoria states.
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