The people of South Sudan will not experience the federal system they fought for decades after the formal declaration of independence.
Opposition leader at South Sudan Legislative Assembly, Onyoti Odigo Nyikwec, told journalists today in Juba that history is repeating itself by denying the people of South Sudan a federal system of governance.The SPLM-DC leader explained that the parliament wanted the South to be ruled by federalism but the SPLM has the majority in the House and the MPs approved what he called a decentralized centralized system of governance.
Mr. Odigo said the SPLM argued that the federal system needs to be evaluated before it is put into the permanent Constitution.
Mr. Odigo lamented that there was no time frame for the evaluation.
He called on the Southerners to place federalism in the permanent Constitution.
Mr. Odigo added that more than 90 per cent of South Sudanese want federalism but they are suppressed by SPLM leadership.
These comments came after the Assembly passed last night the Transitional Constitution.