Sudan ruling party accuses SPLM of backtracking on elections law
June 02, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan ruling National Congress Party (NCP) accused the southern ex-rebels Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) of reversing course on the proposed national elections law.
The head of Sudan’s National Assembly Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Taher said in press reports that the SPLM endorsement of the law is well documented.
“This is not the position of the SPLM and different from what was said in the assembly approving the law” he said.
Al-Tahir was responding to statements by Yasir Arman, the SPLM deputy secretary general for northern Sudan and member of the NCP-SPLM Executive Political Committee, in which warned against attempting to pass the elections law “by manipulating the parliamentary majority”.
Arman said such a step “will divide the government of National Unity” and stressed that the SPLM will vote against it. The SPLM official said there is one issue remaining regarding the law which is its integrity and applicability on the state and national level.
But the National assembly chief challenged the SPLM stance and said that Sudanese presidency is reviewing the law and will send to the legislators to deliberate on it.
The electoral law has sparked heated debates among political parties particularly the issues of proportional representation, women representation and the number of constituencies.
The SPLM position — as it is agreed with the political forces – is to distribute the constituencies 50% elected by proportional representation system and 50% of the seats are elected by majority election system. Women are represented by 50% of the proportional representation lists.
The NCP wants 60% for the majority election system and 40% for the proportional representation system. Regarding women, it proposes to establish separate lists on the state level and the list that obtains the highest votes will have all the seats.
A number of opposition parties such as communist, Ba’ath and others said that they may boycott the elections if the law governing it is endorsed in its current form.
In 2009 Sudan will hold its first general elections since the 1989 coup that brought Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir to power.
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Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
Sudan ruling party accuses SPLM of backtracking on elections law
Al-Tahir and his king beshir must be carefull with their theorie of genocide against African Sudanese.Why should it be 60% and 40 % instead of making it equaly like the aim of SPLA,Tahir you have no rights to challenge the SPLM deputy secretary general for northern Sudan Yasir Arman whether political nor personal,in fact we know who is generous and who is an enemy.Therefore if you have any concern regarding the effort of Yasir,please make it publically.because you and beshir are the enemies of democracy in Sudan.I know that the decision you have made is just for your own benefit not for Sudan in general particular Southern part of SPLA.
Mr Point
Sudan ruling party accuses SPLM of backtracking on elections law
What the Sudan Ruling Party has done on agreements it has signed is well documented too