Protect the rights of vulnerable population in the country, Torit State Minister of Local Government urges citizens.
Ukidimoi Ugura during his opening remarks in a monthly rule of law forum, advises citizens to commit to ensuring access to justice to all, Radio Emmanuel reports.
He says respect to the rule of law increases sustainable living.
‘In order for us to uplift vulnerable groups and protect their human rights we must ensure that accesses to justice are safeguarded. Therefore it rest upon us and upon every one of us, upon very citizen and all the communities to work hard to make sure that the rule of law is protected. Above all we must all abide by the rule of law and work for sustainability of rule of law not only in our communities here but throughout the entire state’, the minister emphasizes.
According to Dr Ugura, all citizens are equal before the law.
He stresses on respect of human dignity
‘Rule of law forum implies that every person is subject to the law including people who are lawmakers and law enforcement officers as well as judges. Indeed with the rule of law all people institution, public private and individuals are all equal before the law yet again the rule of law forum form a basis for many of our human rights including access to justice and respect of human dignity”, Minister Ugura explains.
He adds that the rule of law gives right to each and every citizen to live and co-exist peacefully with others.
Abraham Awan, Torit State Legal Administrator, in Arabic calls on the local population to understand laws and the order of the country.
‘People who say there is no law, there is nothing that say there is no law, the law is there, as we are here if agreed that let us have laws it is an agreement from people that is what is meant by the law he/she who may not respect may say he/she was not there the law of South Sudan is also the same like that of America and Argentina and anywhere and those looks are focusing on civilians the protection of the law depend on communities it gives right to citizens to present their complain or opinions to the public prosecutor or to the police’ he noted.
Awan says the law of South Sudan gives right to all citizens to open cases in courts.
The administrators made the statement during a monthly roundtable discussion organize by UNDP Torit office under the theme: ‘Access to justice for women, children and disables’ on Wednesday.
The discussion brought together representatives from government institutions, organized forces, religious and community leaders, youth and women groups.