South Sudan lawyers challenge poll delay
Some lawyers in South Sudan have challenged in court the constitutionality of the government’s decision to extend the transitional government’s term by two years. The lawyers asked the Supreme Court to declare the government’s decision unconstitutional. Wani Santino Jada, a South Sudanese lawyer who is not a party to the court challenge, tells VOA’s James Butty, while the petitioners have a case, it is not likely the judiciary will overturn the extension of the transitional government’s term because South Sudan’s courts are not independent.
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