Roundtable: The National Constitution Making Process in Perspective
Episode 2628, Jan 27, 09:19 AM
The constitution-making process will be a people-led process, that will be done in three stages:
1. Civic education and public consultations
2. Convening of a national constitutional conference where representatives of all sectors of society deliberate the first draft.
3. Legislative Stage. The text will be presented to the Constituent Assembly to approve final text before it is presented to President for assent and signing into law.
2. Convening of a national constitutional conference where representatives of all sectors of society deliberate the first draft.
3. Legislative Stage. The text will be presented to the Constituent Assembly to approve final text before it is presented to President for assent and signing into law.
The National Constitutional Review Commission was reconstituted on 03rd November and sworn in on the 21 December 2023. The R-NCRC requires up to 46 billion South Sudanese pounds to effectively conduct its mandate of drafting a permanent constitution. The 57-member commission needs the money to put its administrative structures in place, carry out public consultations and civic education, before elections in December. The budget has been presented to the minister of cabinet affairs.
Chairperson of the reconstituted NCRC, Riang Yer Zuor and commission Secretary-General, John Abraham Natana, sat down with Yach James Garang on the Radio Miraya Roundtable program to delve into the critical work of this commission.