Abdelbagi calls for robust judiciary to ensure justice

The Vice President and the Chairperson of the Service Cluster, Hussein Abdelbagi, appealed for the need to strengthen the capacity of the judiciary to promote justice.

Abdelbagi, who spoke during a meeting with the Judiciary Reform Committee last week, stated that the judiciary is important for the lives of citizens.

“The judiciary is important because it gives us peace; if the judiciary is strong, it means that we have peace in the country,” he stated.

He added, “The judiciary promotes peace and security, and these are the main keys to the lives of the people in South Sudan.”

“If we make our judiciary stronger, it means that we are going to move away from the grey shadow to the light, and I hope all of you will do that thing for the sake of South Sudanese,” Abdelbagi added.

The chairperson of the Judiciary Reform Committee, James Ogola, said Vice President Abdelbagi was very concerned about the promotion of the judiciary and customary laws.

“We are involving the people of South Sudan in this effort of reforming the whole army of the government; the criteria that we used is what the people prefer, but if we can find that the majority of the people prefer “A,” then we will balance the views with the practices elsewhere since South Sudan is not an island,” he said.

“It will not be that easy because of the history and social norms that are the ones that we are trying to put more emphasis on the condition of South Sudan.” 

The committee has so far met with the parliament, the council of state, the vice president, and the chair of the youth and gender cluster, Rebecca Nyandeng.

Last week, the committee met with the vice president and chair of the economic cluster, Dr. James Wani, and government spokesperson Michael Makuei.

Also, on Saturday, the committee met with Deputy Minister of Interior David Gumke to get their views on judiciary reform in the country.