Juba, South Sudan
September 2, 2021—-The First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan, Dr. Riek Machar Teny has on Tuesday 31st of August 2021 chaired meeting No. 5/2021 of the Governance Cluster.
In a statement by Press Unit of the First Vice President, the meeting confirms and adapts the recommendations of the previous Governance Cluster meeting No. 04/2021 that was held on Tuesday, 6th July 2021.
According to the statement, the meeting also discussed a Ministerial Memorandum from the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs on Constitution Making Process Bill, 2021, presented by Hon. Ruben Madol, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.
“The Governance Cluster meeting passed the memorandum and recommended it to the Council of Ministers for further deliberation” The statement says.
The process of drafting a permanent constitution of South Sudan was initiated over the last two months but the process has stuck as the unity government is running out of its mandate as per the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) that was signed on 12th of September 2018 and expected to run for three years which are now coming to an end
