
“54. Arrest without Warrant
(1) Any person who is found committing any one of the offences against the state as provided under section 7 of this Act, or who is reasonably suspected of having committed, or having attempted to commit or being about to commit such an offence shall be arrested without a warrant by any service officer and detained
2)Any person arrested under the provisions of this section shall, whether or not the Service inquiries are completed, be brought before a magistrate as soon as is reasonably practicable within 24 hours.
(3) Once an arrested person is produced before a magistrate or judge the process shall proceed as provided for arrests with warrants under section 55 below” (National Security Service Act 2014, Amendment Bill, 2024).
The National Security Service Act 2014, Amendment Bill, 2024 got a majority vote in the National Legislative Assembly and therefore the act is now passed. This means the authorities and the state can arrest people without warrants. That is giving the law enforcement more power and citizens can easily be apprehended.
This is what that happens when there is no check and balances of power. When a state can use their power and give the authorities the power to arrest someone without a warrant. There is no need to investigate or have a reason for the arrest. The state can just detain and arrest someone on the spot. That’s the power of the state of South Sudan.
The Members of Parliament or the TNLA shows their arrogance and entitlement when they are able to enact and pass a bill like this. Because these people don’t fear the will of the people or what they are supposed to do. The Republic is now endangering civilians and they can easily get punitive actions against them. That can now be done without any justification and the citizen are now in the mercy of the law enforcement.
The citizenry and the activism of the state can easily be muffled now. The authorities, the state and the law enforcement have the legalities on its side. They can just arrest someone and they don’t have to worry about the rights of the individuals doing so.
J-1, SPLM-IG and the other stakeholders in the TNLA are now complicit in the arbitrary arrests of people. They are now allowing it to happen and accepting the misuse of power from law enforcement. Because they have given the law enforcement this ability by passing this law.
President Kiir and his associates are now allowing this to happen. This is a way of silencing the citizenry and activism in the nation. They have the powers and legality to just apprehend someone without any consequence or the needs of investigation. That is a vast power on the sole custodians of law enforcement. They are now people who can easily use force and take someone in. Peace.












