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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s civil society activist Edmund Yakani has welcomed the development in the amendment of elections and anti-corruption acts after the ministry of justice received amendment bills to the two acts.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the ministry of justice received the National Elections Act of 2012 and National Anti-Corruption Act of 2009 amendment bills which are now awaiting presentation for ratification in the transitional parliament.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) welcomed the development and stressed the centrality of the bills in a peaceful transition, further calling on the parliament to ratify the bills.<\/p>\n

\u201cCEPO strongly welcomed and appreciates the positive act of finalization of the amendments of the anti-corruption and elections laws. Great that now the amendments of the anti-corruption and elections laws,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe anti-corruption and elections laws amendments are central to expected transitional process in South Sudan. Rampant corruption has direct negative implications on the political transitional while the elections law will set up clear direct of power transfer. Now it will the role of our national law makers to ratify the two laws amendments urgently before January 2023,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The prominent activist further stressed that \u201cRatification of the laws amended by the members of national constitutional amended committee is a simple process that can be deal with by the national law makers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe national law makers recess can be delayed since their constituencies are unclear and they don\u2019t have clear constituencies.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan\u2019s civil society activist Edmund Yakani has welcomed the development in the amendment of elections and anti-corruption acts after the ministry of justice received amendment bills to the two acts. 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