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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM-IO), South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition led by First Vice President Riek Machar, has urged the Political Party Council (PPC) to reassess the steep fees imposed for the registration of political parties.<\/p>\n

The PPC recently established a registration fee of $50,000 for each political party to obtain a provisional license, followed by an additional $25,000 for full registration.<\/p>\n

Addressing journalists at a press conference in Juba on Monday, SPLM-IO Secretary General Regina Joseph Kaba criticized the exorbitant fees, questioning whether the registration process was intended as a fundraising endeavor for the Political Party Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis registration is aiming at what? It is a fundraising for the Political Party Council? Because this Political Party Council is mandated to regulate political parties but not to fundraise through putting a big fee on South Sudanese,\u201d remarked Regina.<\/p>\n

Regina called upon the PPC to reconsider its decision and revise the fees to a more reasonable level in line with its regulatory mandate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Political Party Council put the registration in dollars, he doesn\u2019t recognize the SSP. So the Political Party Council needs to revise its regulation and put the fee within the mandate of its regulations and not fundraising,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n

Pal Mai Deng, the official spokesman for the SPLM-IO and minister of water resources and irrigation in the transitional government, echoed Regina\u2019s sentiments, stressing that the recognition of political parties should not be contingent on financial status.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t be recognized as a political party because of the size of your pocket. If you have got a very big pocket with a lot of dollars in it, then you qualify to be a political party,\u201d remarked Deng.<\/p>\n

Deng condemned the exorbitant registration fees, asserting that such measures pose a threat to democracy, the rule of law, and human rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a constraint on democracy, rule of law, and human rights, and this is also a constraint on plural democracy or multiparty system democracy. So, the registration of political parties should not be as expensive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201c$50,000 to be paid for registration of a political party is expensive and it has to be reduced to a minimum level that can be afforded by any political party,\u201d Deng emphasized.<\/p>\n

The call by the SPLM-IO comes less than a week after two opposition coalitions condemned the imposition of such fees, calling it an attack on democracy.<\/p>\n

It also underscores the ongoing challenges faced by political parties in South Sudan and the imperative of ensuring a fair and inclusive political landscape as the world\u2019s youngest country is planning to hold its first election since independence later this year.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM-IO), South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition led by First Vice President Riek Machar, has urged the Political Party Council (PPC) to reassess the steep fees imposed for the registration of political parties. 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