National Legislative Assembly Minority Leader on Tuesday said the presence of National Security Ministry in South Sudan is a copyright dictatorial government from Khartoum, Sudan.
Onyoti Adigo Nyikwec told journalists that South Sudan government is following footsteps of Khartoum by imposing National Security Service instead of police criminal investigation department in the Ministry of Interior.
He recalled that the National Security was non-existent in 1960 and that security organs were under police service.
MP Adigo added that National Security system was introduced by dictators like former President Jaafar Mohammed Nimeri in the Sudan.
The Minority Leader said opposition legislators object powers given to National Security Service to arrest, confiscate, search and detain suspects at will with immunity because the unit is not a law enforcement agent.
He explained that National Security’s constitutional mandate is to gather information and investigate, but not arrest to arrest or detain as stipulated in the controversial National Security Service Bill, 2014.
Sources indicate that SPLM Parliamentary Caucus remains divided over endorsement of the National Security Service Bill, pushing the third reading session to later day.