By Lodu William Odiya<\/p>\n
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President Salva Kiir Mayardit has urged the new Justices to become defenders of fairness, equality, and the rights of the people.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking yesterday during a swearing-in ceremony of six newly appointed Justices of the Supreme Court, Kiir entrusted them with the vital responsibility of strengthening an independent judiciary aligned with the national peace and stability agenda.<\/p>\n \u200e\u201cTheir conduct,\u201d the President stated, \u201cmust reflect the dignity and integrity of the office they now hold,\u201d a statement from presidential Press Unit, noted<\/p>\n President Kiir emphasized the appointment was not merely a promotion but a renewed expression of trust and commitment to the principles of justice.<\/p>\n \u200eHe reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to supporting the judiciary to ensure it performed its duties effectively, independently, and in service of the people.<\/p>\n \u200eAccording to the statement, Chief Justice Dr. Benjamin Baak Deng, while addressing the gathering, aligned with the President\u2019s call for judicial integrity.<\/p>\n The Chief Justice pledged to prioritize clearing the backlog of court cases, noting that \u201cjustice delayed is justice denied.\u201d<\/p>\n \u200eThe swearing-in of the new Justices comes at a critical time for South Sudan, as the country continues to navigate its transitional period.<\/p>\n \u200e<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Lodu William Odiya President Salva Kiir Mayardit has urged the new Justices to become defenders of fairness, equality, and the rights of the people. Speaking yesterday during a swearing-in ceremony of six newly appointed Justices of the Supreme Court, Kiir entrusted them with the vital responsibility of strengthening[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37861","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=37861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37863,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37861\/revisions\/37863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}