This is an attempt to expose views, which are helpful in policy-making in Southern Sudan to enable decision-makers plan for good future of the newly emerging state. I am not sure whether the SPLM Task Force on post-referendum arrangements, especially, the sub-committee for Governance in Southern Sudan in 2012 chaired by H.E Kosti Maniba the GOSS minister for the Cabinet Affairs is mandated to explore constitutional options of the governance, or there is another small group assigned secretly to do the job, as NCP besieges SPLM leadership for working on separation in a broad day.
The post-secession options of governance are equally important as post-referendum issues for which, if the South seceded without such options its fate will be clumsy, and it may be disputed between politicians and the army like many African countries, which their independence became a tragedy to the citizens. Having options of governance ahead of time is necessary as to enable each government institution prepares its own task with clear position and roll after the secession immediately without creating another long interim period, which creates a vacuum for ill-intentions.
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