Abyei people to abide by decision of arbitration tribunal – Lino
June 20, 2009 (KHARTOUM) — Edward Lino, SPLM leading member from the disputed area, reiterated the commitment of Abyei people to the decision of Abyei Arbitration Tribunal which is expected to be issue next month.
“Whatever the decision, we will abide by and work to implement and will not return to war. Peace process, which started must continue” said Lino in a pubic rally organized in Kadokli, South Kordofan state on Saturday.
“We moved forward and will not go back again,” he further said.
In an agreement reached in June 2008, the two peace partners, the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the former rebel SPLM agreed to accept the forthcoming ruling of an arbitration tribunal in The Hague, which will determine how the boundaries of Abyei are delimited.
In its July ruling, the arbitration tribunal has to determine whether or not the Abyei Boundaries Commission (ABC) experts exceeded their mandate to define and demarcate the area of the Nine Ngok Dinka Chiefdoms transferred from Bahr el Ghazal to Kordofan in 1905.
GOS had rejected the findings of the ABC report accusing its members of impartiality and violating its mandate.
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Michael Malual Mawien
Abyei people to abide by decision of arbitration tribunal – Lino
Dear Lino, We must go back to war when the problems which are facing South Sudanese are not solved. Why do you talked of not going back to war and the problem of your own area was not been solve? there will be war because we cann’t bear to stay in such a situation whereby you don’t have right to say in whatever is taking place in the Country, meanwhile, you are a citizens of that Country. I think you are another one you just to suppressing people down for no legal right that has been granted to people by the government of Sudan. If you fear of those funcken Arab then go and joined live with your children in USA. There are those who will be talking about it.