Empty seats of some representatives of the TGoNU who were absent | photo | Hellen Achayo

The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission’s first plenary meeting this year has been postponed indefinitely.

According to the chairperson, Festus Mogae, this is because members of the Transitional Government were absent and so the quorum was not enough.

For JMEC plenary meeting to take place, at least 10 stakeholders from the transitional government are supposed to be present and eight from regional and international groups.

Mr. Mogae said the delegates said they could not attend because they just arrived from Addis Ababa for the pre-high level revitalization forum that took place over the weekend.

“Our colleagues, the representatives of some of the parties in the TGoNU, have informed us that they are unable to attend allegedly because they just returned from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where they had been invited by IGAD,” Mr Mogae told the media on Monday morning.

“We will therefore postpone this plenary to a later date. We will communicate the new date in due course after consultations with the government.”

This was the first meeting of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission that was supposed to take place this year.

Its last plenary meeting was held in November 2017.