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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Lawmakers at the Jonglei State Transitional Legislative Assembly on Monday suspended their colleague as the assembly\u2019s chairperson for the specialized committee on information and communication for allegedly failing to deliver.<\/p>\n

Acting Assembly Spokesperson Grace Mathot told Radio Tamazuj that Wany Bum was suspended for three months to allow for investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Monday during a sitting, a motion was raised for the suspension of our head of information committee because he has been colluding with the executive against the assembly and he has not been speaking for the assembly,\u201d she said. \u201cThe motion was raised by his own SSOA colleagues and it was passed by 42 members, only eight opposed and six did not vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hon. Grace, who is also the assembly\u2019s deputy information committee head, pointed out that her boss will only resume work if found innocent.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is suspended for three months after which a committee will be formed to investigate him. He will have a chance to defend himself. For now, he is not allowed to attend ABC (Assembly Business Committee) sitting because he is suspended but he will continue attending normal assembly sittings only as a lawmaker,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

For his part, Wany who hails from Governor Denay\u2019s SSUM party, denied the charges labeled against him, pointing out that his suspension was nonprocedural and that he will continue discharging his duties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I said was that if I am to report to the media I have to report on behalf of parliament, not on my behalf or anybody else who has an interest in this. From there, I was flashed out. The acting speaker told me to leave,\u201d he said. \u201cIn my absentia, some MPs seconded by Changson Chang\u2019s party raised the motion that I should be impeached.”<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cSuspension of any member of parliament in this agreement does not lie on the assembly. If any member is misbehaving, the parliament has to write to the principal of that party for discipline. Again, if the chairperson has issues, a committee has to be formed, a report filed to the speaker, then the speaker will take it to the ABC committee and the parliament where the voting will come in now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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