Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Government Spokesperson Michael Makuei rebuked the SPLM-IO members of parliament for walking out of House during a budget debate last week, saying the lawmakers\u2019 actions were mere political gimmicks.<\/p>\nAddressing the media on Tuesday in Juba, Makuei said the act was politically planned and not genuine for the people of South Sudan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe game being played and which led to the matching out of SPLM-IO is a clear game; they wanted to show the people that they are the only people who are caring for the citizens and all the rest do not mind about the people,\u201d Makuei said.<\/p>\n
He said the budget was passed by the cabinet including the SPLM-IO members of the ministers\u2019 council before it was taken to the parliament and there was expected disagreement over it.<\/p>\n
Makuei alleged that all the parties except SPLM-IO supported the 400 per cent salary increase for the short-run and 600 per cent increment in five months\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe SSOA took and stand with the minister of finance; the OPP had stood with the ministry of finance [too]. The SPLM also stood with the ministry of finance; only the IO objected,\u201d he expressed.<\/p>\n
According to Makuei, the decision of the SPLM-IO to move out of parliament during the budget deliberation was just a mere joke and not realistic.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are deceiving the people of South Sudan; they are not realistic in their approach to the issues of South Sudan, and as such, they should not have matched out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He claimed that the SPLM, other parties, and the minister of finance care about the people of South Sudan more than what SPLM-IO would want to portray about them.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo they (SPLM-IO) should not mislead people into believing that if they raise the salary structure to 600 per cent then they have won the confidence of the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Makuei argued that accepting the 600 per cent raise would have made the minister of finance a liar by accepting what he cannot deliver.<\/p>\n
Makuie said all that has been happening where SPLM-IO has objected to what has been agreed upon by all the parties is just propaganda to smear other parties as bad people before the citizens.<\/p>\n
He called on the SPLM-IO to fully support the implementation of the peace agreement, adding that it would be the only way to gain public trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not through obstruction and deceit of the people of South Sudan that they will vote for you;<\/p>\n
Last week, lawmakers representing the opposition party Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) walked out of parliament during the third reading of the 2023\/2024 budget.<\/p>\n
The move came after a disagreement over the amount of adjustments to the salaries and wages of civil servants and organized forces.<\/p>\n
Source: The City Review South Sudan<\/b><\/p>\n
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