within sixty days. If the concerned state is a Southern
Sudan state, the President of the Republic shall act
upon a request that shall be made by the President of
the Government of Southern Sudan,
(c) The Governor elected in the snap elections shall serve
for the remainder of the original tenure,
(d) Should the Governor who was subjected to the vote of
no-confidence be re-elected, the state legislature shall
be deemed to have been dissolved. A new state
legislature shall be elected within three months to
complete the tenure of the dissolved legislature,
(e) A vote of no-confidence in the Governor shall not be
passed before he/she spends twelve months in office.
(3) The state council of ministers shall be appointed by the
Governor in accordance with the state constitution.
(4) The state ministers shall be individually and collectively
accountable to the Governor and the state legislature in
the performance of their functions; a state minister shall be
removed by the Governor or on a motion supported by
two-thirds of all the members of the state legislature.
(5) The Governor shall, together with the state council of
ministers appointed by him, exercise the executive powers
of the state which shall be in respect of the functional
areas in Schedules C and D read together with Schedules
E and F herein and such other executive competences as
are conferred upon the state by this Constitution, the
Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan and the state
constitution.
State Legislature
180 (1) The state shall have a state legislature composed of
members elected in accordance with the state constitution
and the law and as set forth by the National Elections
Commission.
(2) The state legislature shall prepare and adopt the state
interim constitution provided that it shall be in conformity
with this Constitution, the Interim Constitution of Southern
Sudan where applicable and the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement.
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