Content_paragraphs:  Between 20 February and 2 March, the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, issued 
  
  presidential decrees appointing ministers, advisers, commissioners and chairpersons 
  
  of independent commissions at the state level and delegated powers to the state 
  
  governors to swear them in. These appointments fell short of the stipulation in the 
  
  Revitalized Agreement that women should make up 35 per cent of the appointees.