Opening of Second Session of SSLA 2007

The first session of Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) in 2008 scheduled for 7th April has been postponed to first week of May 2008, announced the Acting Speaker, Daniel Deng Monydit. The adjournment is decided to allow MPs to participate in national census mobilisation campaign.
According to Monydit, who is also the chairperson of security and public order of the assembly, the postponement came as a result of consultation he made with both the Speaker James Wani Igga and President of the government of Southern Sudan General Salva Kiir Mayardit.
The Acting Speaker said the reasons for the postponement is to allowed members of parliament to participate in their respective constituencies during the forth coming Sudan fifth Population and Housing Census, scheduled to kick off from 15th to 30th April 2008, in order to assist in the smooth running of the counting exercise which Monydit described as a national exercise upon which many things depends.
It is to be recalled that the first session of the assembly went on recess on 31st December 2007 after having passed seven crucial bills which are the Personal Income Tax passed by presidential order and endorsed by the assembly, Constituency Development Fund, Southern Sudan Research Council, GoSS Annual Budget 2008, the Judiciary bill, the Kush Institution, and a Code of Civil Procedure bill