SANU leader meets with SPLM officials in Juba
February 21, 2009 (JUBA) – The leader of the Sudan African National Union (SANU) met last Thursday with officials in the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, the ruling party of Southern Sudan, in Juba.
Toby Maduot Parek, the SANU chairman, was a leader in southern politics before the SPLM-led insurgency began in 1983.
He met with Antiphas Nyok, the SPLM Secretary for Political Affairs and Mobilisation, and Bol Makueng, Secretary for Information, Culture and Communication, at the SPLM Southern Sector’s headquarters in Juba.
According to a statement issued by Secretary Makueng, the two parties discussed their relations and the current political situation in the country regarding implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
“The SPLM acknowledged that SANU and Liberal parties have made substantial achievements in fighting for the rights of the marginalised people during the old Sudan politics, and that SPLM benefited from their work,” stated Makueng.
Last November, ten southern political parties, including SANU, joined forces in Juba to hold a conference and issue joint resolutions. The parties agreed on joint positions on a range of issues, for instance, the census, elections, management of oil revenues and border demarcation.
Makueng added, “Both parties agreed that they need to go extra mile in building stronger relationship and reiterated the previously agreed position by the Southern Political Parties that SPLM has unanimously been given Mandate to lead the democratic transformation of Sudan.”
(ST)