SPLM: It’s high time to go back to IGAD

By Sabrino Majok Majok*

August 28, 2007 — Peace-loving Sudanese, especially NCP key partner, the SPLM, should have a lot to worry about, most particularly, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), Darfur and Eastern Sudan peace accords. This is because National Congress Party (NCP) is now determined more than ever to derail these peace settlements. Among the notable examples of the NCP flagrant violations with respect to the CPA and other agreements include the following:

(1) Failure of the NCP to completely withdraw SAF on July 9th, 2007 from South Sudan as stipulated in CPA

(2) Refusal of the NCP to fund Border Commission, contrary to its continual promise

(3) NCP continued support for militia in Southern and Western Sudan

(4) NCP refusal to allow access to oil contracts and daily output

(5) NCP Refusal to implement Abyei Border Commission (ABC) Report

(6) NCP determination to run the country single-handedly while undermining other parties mainly SPLM efforts

(7) NCP unilateral expulsions of Western diplomats and humanitarian officials, without consulting SPLM as stipulated in the power sharing protocol which clearly states: “There shall be a partnership and collegial decision-making process within the Institution of the Presidency in order to safeguard the Peace Agreement” (2.3.4).

These “Seven Wonders” of the NCP, if you will, should not be taken lightly. Therefore, it’s high time that SPLM goes back to IGAD table to report NCP continued attempts to unravel the CPA. This author urges the SPLM leadership to seriously review its partnership with the NCP pertaining to CPA implementation.

*Sabrino Majok Majok is a Sudanese; contact him via [email protected]