This came following internal turmoil over who should be appointed as Secretary General to run administrative affairs of the commission.
Chan Reec Madut, Deputy Chairperson of the commission told Sudan Tribune from Juba that internal discussions to appoint secretary general failed to reach any consensus.
Though the SPLM Politburo agreed this week that NCP would nominate a person to fill the post, the right person from the NCP candidates is yet to be agreed and appointed.
While internal attempts to appoint Secretary General for the Commission met resisting voices by commission’s members from the south, two candidates from the north were proposed for the post and no candidate from south was officially proposed.
Mr. Madut, who also the head of the Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau, said internal attempts in the commission to appoint Secretary General failed, so it is left to the Presidency to decide. He however revealed that coordination between Juba, Khartoum and southern states continues to be carried out despite the disagreement.
Last week, Mohammed Ibrahim Khalil, chairman of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, with his deputy, Justice Chan Reec, appointed high executive committees in the states and sworn in members of the referendum bureau in Juba.