By: Ginaba Lino
Chairperson of the National Alliance of Political Parties and presidential candidate for the first South Sudan’s General Elections Hon. Kornelio Kon Ngu has questioned the composition of the caretaker government appointed by President Salva Kiir following the dissolution of the Transitional Government of National Unity.
Kon Ngu says his concern is not with the dissolution of the government, but with the decision to appoint some of the same ministers who had been serving in the dissolved administration to continue in the caretaker government.
President Salva Kiir dissolved the Transitional Government and relieved its ministers and other officials as the country prepares for the upcoming general elections. He subsequently appointed a caretaker government to oversee the affairs of the country until the election results are announced and a new elected government takes office.
“If you are talking about a caretaker government, you bring in people who were not part of the system to take care of the government until the elections are conducted and a new government comes in.”
However, Kon Ngu argues that the incumbent President should have appointed people who were not part of the previous government or political system to run the caretaker administration during the electoral period.
“The President should not appoint the same ministers who have been working with him. He should appoint people who have not been in the system to lead the government until the results of the elections.”
He says bringing back ministers who had already been serving in the dissolved government does not represent the change he believes is needed during the transition to an elected government.
Kon Ngu has also questioned the relevance of the Inter-Party Dialogue, scheduled to take place from 24 September to 7 October 2026.
He argues that the dialogue should have been conducted immediately after the dissolution of the government and before the formation of the caretaker administration.
“The dialogue should have been done before, after the government was dissolved. Now the country has entered a new chapter, which is the election.”
According to Kon Ngu, the country has now entered a new political chapter focused on the electoral process, and he questions what the planned dialogue will achieve at this stage.