By William Madouk
Central Equatoria State reconstituted Transitional Legislative Assembly was on Monday forced to adjourn its ordinary sitting in solidarity with the speaker, who is mourning the death of his nephew.
Deputy Speaker, Dr. Salaam Alhaj Abdallah, said they could not continue with the sitting because the Speaker, Peter Wani Elia, was mourning his brother’s son.
However, the cause of the death of the speaker’s nephew was not disclosed to the media.
The state parliament was supposed to deliberate on two items: the redeployment of civil servants of the three defunct states of Jubek, Terekeka, and Yei River’ by the state Minister of Labor.
It includes the implementation of the new salary structure in Central Equatoria State.
Another item on the list was the submission of the report by the Terekeka County parliamentary caucus on interactions made in their constituency during recess.
But Mr. Abdallah said the state minister of labor was held up in a serious workload and asked for permission and MPs from Terekeka were also in a meeting with the minister of interior, over insecurity.
“Therefore, due to the above-mentioned reasons, the ordinary sitting No. 8 is hereby adjourned to Monday next week,” he announced to MPs.
The chairperson of information committee, James Modi Lomindi, echoed what the deputy speaker said and asserted that this would be a good opportunity for the minister to prepare his report well.
MP Lomindi also stressed that the agenda on the redeployment of civil servants for defunct states was of great concern to the members of parliament.
“We wanted to bring those civil servants back to continue doing their work, particularly on policy, for which they are graded per their levels of responsibility,” he said.
He further cited that it’s a norm and culture for South Sudanese to sympathize with and pay condolences to the bereaved families during this hard and trying time.
Mr. Lomindi explained that due to rampant insecurity in Juba’s outskirts, the national minister of interior invited Terekeka MPs and intellectuals to have their views incorporated on how best it can be stopped.