By Yang Ater Yang<\/p>\n
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At least 21 members of the Civil Society Organization Network, in Lakes State underwent a three-day training on the electoral process.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The training was organized by the Community Empowerment Organization (CEPO) in partnership with the Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES).<\/p>\n It focused on monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on electoral and political processes, as well as consultations on collective engagement with political leaders.<\/p>\n The aim was to enhance the knowledge and skills of civil society organizations in accurately monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on election-related violence and restrictions of civic space.<\/p>\n Angelina Awau, one of the participants, expressed her appreciation for the organizing parties.<\/p>\n “It is an honor to be chosen as the rightful members of civil society to receive this training before the upcoming election in South Sudan,” she said.<\/p>\n Awau praised the facilitation provided by the CEPO team, stating that the discussions and group work during the three-day period had been very productive.<\/p>\n John Thon Kuat, the Minister of Parliamentary and Legal Affairs, emphasized the importance of the training for the upcoming election.<\/p>\n “You have been trained to go and train others, to raise the voice of the upcoming election, and to educate the civil population about their democratic rights,” he said.<\/p>\n Abraham Chol Akec, a church faith participant representative from the Catholic Church in Rumbek, urged the civil society members to exercise the skills and knowledge they had acquired during the training.<\/p>\n He also suggested that the training should be extended to include political parties, as they too need to be aware of the electoral process.<\/p>\n Daniel Laat Kon, the Lakes State coordinator for CEPO, explained that the training was part of a project focused on raising the voice of civil society.<\/p>\n The participants discussed the electoral system, procedures, and the roles of various stakeholders, including civil society organizations and the media.<\/p>\n “Our aim is to ensure that civil society organizations are trained on how to monitor the electoral process, from the pre-election period to the post-election phase,” Kon said.<\/p>\n “Whether there is an election or not, civil society needs to be ready to monitor the process and ensure it is fair and transparent.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Yang Ater Yang At least 21 members of the Civil Society Organization Network, in Lakes State underwent a three-day training on the electoral process. The training was organized by the Community Empowerment Organization (CEPO) in partnership with the Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) and the[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lakes-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Participants-pose-for-a-group-photo-copy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25365,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25363\/revisions\/25365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}