Pro-ruling party youth protest against UN peacekeepers
June 25, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — A demonstration was organised in Khartoum during which thousands of pro-ruling party youths chanted slogans against the United Nations and its plans to deploy NATO-backed peacekeepers to the war-torn western region.
Up to 5,000 protestors, mainly from the youth and student organisations of the ruling National Congress Party in Khartoum State, gathered in front of parliament Sunday to protest against the proposed deployment.
“Down, Down United Nations,” “Down, Down, USA”, “We will not be ruled by the CIA,” they chanted, as some of them torched a life-size dummy with the words UN and USA inscribed on it.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir, addressed the demonstrators, renewing Sudan’s rejection to any foreign troops.
Al-Tahir referred to the unanimous decision issued by the National Assembly in last February, which affirmed that it incarnated the unity of Sudan, saying that the independence of Sudan was declared from the Parliament “Once more, the parliament records a historic stance in rejecting any foreign troops n Darfur,” al-Tahir told the crowds
He said that the UN punishes Sudan for signing the Abuja peace agreement by issuing the resolution No. 1679 under chapter 7 of the UN’s Charter, saying that the President of the Republic rejected any international troop in Sudan.
The Speaker of the Assembly hailed the support of Youths to the issues of their country and urged the political forces that welcomed and support the international intervention to consider the interests of their homeland as well as their own history.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the Council of the States — the upper house of parliament — Ali Yahya, reiterated rejection to any foreign Interventions in Darfur, denouncing the immoral practices of the foreign troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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