SOUTH SUDAN / CABINET DISSOLUTION VOXPOPS

As South Sudanese citizens brace themselves to celebrate Martyrs day on Tuesday July 30 a day that recognizes those that fought and died during decades of war, citizens still await for news of the naming of a new cabinet. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:15
• Production Date: 29 July 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL AFFAIRS; LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U130729h

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / CABINET DISSOLUTION VOXPOPS
TRT: 1.15
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: JULY 29, 2013, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Main Road vehicles’ and motor bikes moving
2. Wide shot, Main Road vehicles moving and people crossing
3. Wide shot, Main Road vehicles moving and people crossing
4. VOX-POP (English) Toko Jerone Londa:
“We expect a lot of changes from the government, to change whatever which was not done should be tackle, things which were done to be improve”
5. VOX-POP (Arabic) Suzan Kaku
“We want them to do good things like schools for our children. The previous cabinet has done something but we want the new cabinet to do better”
6. Pan right, road full to vehicles
7. Wide shot, road full of Vehicles moving
8. VOX-POP (English) Bannette David:
“Some of the ministers which they have remove from the work, their work has not been ok. So government is actually trying to improve people’s life by avoiding corruption by doing anything possible to actually make people life ok.”
9. Wide Shot, main road people and vehicles moving

Storyline

As South Sudanese citizens brace themselves to celebrate Martyrs day on Tuesday (July 30) a day that recognizes those that fought and died during decades of war, citizens still await for news of the naming of a new cabinet.

Just over a week ago on July 23, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit, dissolved the government in a televised statement on National State Television and issued decrees to this effect.

The decree dismissed Vice-President Riek Machart, as well as 29 national ministers and their deputies from office with immediate effect.

A decree was also issued suspending the Secretary General of the SPLM party who is also the lead negotiator of talks between Sudan and South Sudan, Pagan Amum.

Riek Machar remains the deputy chairperson of the SPLM.

Since, Salva Kiir over the weekend appointed former Information Minister as the country’s Foreign Minister.

The new cabinet will be composed of 19 ministers.

President Kiir is expected to address a public gathering during Martyr’s day.