Registration Law of Political Parties, is a Necessity

Author: Mayar Mayar Kuot

As the things getting ugly, those days in National Parliament because of the fruitful of peace dividend, sharing powers between the SPLM party and “what so called” other southern political parties. And most of all, the majority of those parties, they have no based at the grassroots levels. Even at National, State, County and Boma. But they are fighting for their political survival, to be a part south mainstream which it’s okay however, the SPLM party, as a one who is in charge of all affairs of the government in south Sudan.

So party have to fill in, all loopholes by locking many doors in the face of those parties leaders whom sometimes claims seats in the (National Parliament); meanwhile they are really played a old political game without having a solid base in the ground. Some of those parties, are just a symbolic parties, they cannot to be find in anywhere at all levels that I identified at the top paragraph. Those parties, are the most supportive of the ideals policies of tribalistic, nepotism and ethnics.

For instance, we have an absolute tramples parties, whom always, gave the SPLM troubled with public or voters on the issues concerning a united of south Sudanese tribes and their presentations. Eventually, the defectors parties of SPLM – DC and the United Democratic Front have been solely preaching the ideas of hate-rage and tribalistic policies, amongst southerners. Both parties, at the most involving in many insecurity and political turmoil in the south Sudan. Ongoing fighting tribal in some states of south Sudan. SPLM- DC party has allegedly behind Upper Nile state’s atrocities of (2010 - 2011) by its military wing in the state. Meanwhile, the UDF leader’s fighting verbally, using effective tools of war, words of mouth, sometimes UDF leader made, CE, state’s land as an issue between local state’s citizens and those whom they considered to be outsiders or other tribe’s settlers.

But what would be solutions for massive problems, and how do you get rid of those kinds of the parties. Argument, the SPLM party and its government need to set up proposal that’s governing political activities in the country. And I think that the party and other political parties, must form a supervisory commission and it will be call a “Judicial Committee JC”; and that will prior be agreed upon with other parties in the south Sudan.

Ironically, this agency must led by the (Chief Registrar) and its chairperson will be obviously a legal background person, in addition to other membership of committee. This position will be name after maximal consultation with various parties in all southern states. But all parties must be entitled to take oath on the principals that party must declassified its  constitution, manifesto programs and vision, all contains must complies with political party’s  act as a condition for the party  to get registration license in the south Sudan.

Below are a series of conditions or laws and regulations that’s qualifying political party to register in the south Sudan.

-        The political party can be legally registered just notifying a Chief of Judicial Committee office, when there’s no any objection raise within a period of 30 days so the party’s okay to go ahead with procedural steps. If there’s any objections be raised, they must be referred within a (Seven – 15 days) to the Higher Court in the land. In which the Court would either confirm or quash

-        Each political party must pay amount of (100,000 – 250,000 SSP), south Sudanese Pound only as a registration fees to the Office of Chief Registrar of political parties, all registration fees considered to be operational cost for the agency office.   

-        The political party can apply to the Judicial Committee JC, for approval, and when it’s get operational permit. This party’s needed a procuring of 10,000 signatures of potential members. The putative membership of that party must be drawn from all 10 states of south Sudan or more governorates states, and if at all, less its must be no fewer than from 5 states of the nation.

-        The political party’s funders groups or generally party’s finance declaration must be known to the public.

-        The Legal Committee, JC, will be examining the papers of new parties and they must ensure that any given registration party’s obsessed with the ideas that prohibit a parties whom favoring a religious, tribalistic, nepotism and other forms of discriminatory.

-        The political party must offers a manifesto, or program that address all massive social issues, economy, political and religious.

-        Nonetheless, all national parties in the country are equally before the Court of law and they must be given money equally, in any eve of election – cycles as preparatory package subsidy before election electorate system.

But the political parties are to be prohibited or ban from registration process under the following circumstances:

-        The political party must have its political programme which is completely distinct from any existing parties but it will be a job of Chief Registrar Office to assess such programmes and, by extension, decide whether or not the party should be registered, if there’s similarity with other parties in term of program.

-        The political party will be ban or prohibited from getting a registration license, if there’s a proven evidence  before the Court of Law, or that’s party’s  leader convicted of fueling a tribal fighting or allegedly the party’s leaders are involving in the issues concerning national security.

-        The political party’s ban or prohibited from the registration license, if the party’s leader’s a supportive of tribalistic agenda or working to advance one tribe on the expanse of others tribes. 

-        Initial closing of this essay, I would again maintain my early position, as I believe in the party SPLM and R.S.S government. Both are directly be hold accountable to lead this process of regulating a political system. By calling all political parties, to first find a commission for political party’s registration law or act.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely, those of Mayar Mayar Kout

Political Analyst and columnist: On the opinion page at “the Citizen” newspaper, Juba, south Sudan. Commentator with www.Sudaneseonline.com. Online news

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