A civil rights activist has threatened to take legal action against the government if it fails to appoint more female state governors.
Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organization or CEPO, Edmond Yakani says president Kiir must revoke the appointment of the eight governors and include more women to fulfil the 35 percent affirmative action in the peace agreement.
He says if President Salva Kiir refuses to listen to the demand, he will seek legal assistance to address the issue of women’s representation in the Transitional Government.
President Kiir last week appointed eight state governors, consisting of only one woman and seven men, contrary to the agreement.