SPLM warns against sabotage of Sudan peace deal

Oct 2, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — The junior partner in the national unity government warned those, in the ruling party, who try on the pretext of Darfur crisis to torpedo the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended more than two decades of war in southern Sudan.

The deputy secretary general of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Yasir Arman said there are those who seek to use Darfur crisis to sabotage Naivasha agreement.

Arman said there are different forms to realize this purpose. One of these attempts is attacks on the press freedom. He indicated that peace implementation is closely linked to the democratic transition in the country.

He urged the Sudanese press to denounce abuse of power and to stand firm against press restrictions.

He also slammed without elaborating the use of advertisement as arm to put pressure on the newspapers.

SPLM official invited the political leadership to act with wisdom, saying statements on the CPA cancellation will lead to more confrontations in the country.

Ibrahim Ahmed Omar, the deputy chairman of the ruling National Congress Party threatened last week to cancel the CPA if the UN troops intervene in war-torn Darfur region with the SPLM support.

(ST)