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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / NEW CABINET
TRT: 2:25
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: AUGUST 1, 2013, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
AUGUST 1, 2013, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Various shots, scan of the Presidential Decree
3. Med shot, President Salva Kiir speaking in Parliament
4. Wide shot, MP’s in Parliament
5. Wide shot, Juba Monitor
6. Close up, Juba Monitor sign
7. Wide shot, Alfred Taban and Secretary
8. Med shot, Alfred Taban at his desk.
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Alfred Taban, Editor in Chief, Juba Monitor:
“The future looks a bit brighter. People were mostly talking about some ministers who they thought or knew were corrupt, and the new team has taken out these people whose names had been associated with corruption. Most of them are out!”
10. Pan right, back of parliament
11. Tilt down, from the ceiling of Parliament to the floor
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Alfred Taban, Editor in Chief, Juba Monitor:
“The Power of selecting a Cabinet is entirely that of the President. Then he needs to consult with his Vice President. That is what the constitution says, but he is the one who is going to make the appointments, and I think he has already consulted the new Vice President. Only that he has not been named, but I’m sure he has consulted with him. So I think there is no illegality there. It is all constitutional.”
13. Wide shot, Juba street
14. Med shot, Juba street
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Alfred Taban, Editor in Chief, Juba Monitor:
“I think they will deliver. There has been a number of new faces and even the old ones who are not very well known for corruption. So I think they will deliver.”
16. Wide shot, Juba street
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Unnamed South Sudanese:
“We are expecting from the new cabinet peace, development and to offer jobs to the jobless. There are people suffering in South Sudan while South Sudan is having a lot of resources and we don’t know where are they being taken.”
18. Wide shot, Juba Highway
In a Presidential decree read last night LIVE on National TV in South Sudan, the New Cabinet was announced. Notably missing from the list of new ministers was a Vice President. This has raised speculation as to who it will be. Editor in Chief of the Juba Monitor Alfred Taban gave his views on the new selections.
SOUNDBITE (English) Alfred Taban, Editor in Chief, Juba Monitor:
“The future looks a bit brighter. People were mostly talking about some ministers who they thought or knew were corrupt, and the new team has taken out these people whose names had been associated with corruption. Most of them are out!”
The constitution of South Sudan states that the President in consultation with the Vice President must select a Cabinet. This brings up the question. Is this new Cabinet selection legal?
SOUNDBITE (English) Alfred Taban, Editor in Chief, Juba Monitor:
The Power of selecting a Cabinet is entirely that of the President. Then he needs to consult with his Vice President. That is what the constitution says, but he is the one who is going to make the appointments, and I think he has already consulted the new Vice President. Only that he has not been named, but I’m sure he has consulted with him. So I think there is no illegality there. It is all constitutional.”
With most of these newcomers being fairly unknown, the main question on everyone’s minds is. Will they deliver?
SOUNDBITE (English) Alfred Taban, Editor in Chief, Juba Monitor:
“I think they will deliver. There has been a number of new faces and even the old ones who are not very well known for corruption. So I think they will deliver.”
With this new Cabinet being put in place. The expectation of the average citizen in South Sudan remains the same as they were when President Salva Kiir took over.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Unnamed South Sudanese:
“We are expecting from the new cabinet peace, development and to offer jobs to the jobless. There are people suffering in South Sudan while South Sudan is having a lot of resources and we don’t know where are they being taken.”
