NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
December 11, 2009 (JUBA) – The Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has connected the conduct of 2011 referendum by the people of Southern Sudan to the would be elected government in the upcoming 2010 Presidential and parliamentary elections.
NCP is concerned about the position of the opposition parties’ alliance, which the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has joined and talks about the possibility of boycotting the upcoming elections if the laws needed for democratic transformation and conduct of free and fair elections are not passed.
NCP has argued that the referendum, which may possibly result to independence of the South, is a very important political decision the country will undertake and therefore should not be conducted under an appointed government, but rather under a democratically elected government by the people.
They warned that boycotting the elections would result to boycotting of the conduct of the referendum.
Following the arrests on Monday morning of the SPLM SG Pagan Amum and his deputy Yasir Arman over peaceful procession, the SPLM party leadership on the same day held an emergency meeting in Juba and resolved to continue pursuing dialogue with the National Congress Party to resolve the outstanding issues in the CPA implementation.
The party leadership meeting also resolved that the SPLM would do every thing in its power not to divert the peaceful implementation of the peace deal.
The two parties have reached agreements and taken some crucial steps though some contentious issues remain.
These include issues to do with the referenda laws for Southern Sudan and Abyei, popular consultations for Southern Kordufan and Southern Blue Nile as well as national security laws needed to make democratic transformation possible in the country.
Machar said his team wants to remove from the national security law the powers to arrest, detain, and seize suspect’s property, adding that the responsibility of the body would be to gather information and analyze it before availing it to relevant authorities for action.
He earlier said the two parties were progressing well in their discussions on the popular consultations for the two regions.
He explained that the only outstanding issue in the bills was about identifying a body to which the two parties – central government and region concerned – would resort to for arbitration in case of any future disagreement over the exercise and outcome of the consultations.
The two regions will conduct their respective consultations on their future administrative and political status within northern Sudan.
On Abyei referendum, Machar said the remaining issue was the definition of eligible voter in the referendum.
He explained that the CPA talks of the residents as Ngok Dinka and other Sudanese communities, adding that the two parties are trying to define who these “Sudanese communities” or residents are.
NCP wants the Messiriya tribe residing in Abyei to be mentioned by name; a position the SPLM has rejected.
He said the NCP also denied the participation in the referendum of Ngok Dinka citizens who reside outside of Abyei territory on the ground that they don’t qualify the CPA definition of ‘residents’ in Abyei.
The two parties resumed negotiations on Tuesday following the arrival to Khartoum of the Southern Sudan Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar, who chairs the SPLM Political Executive Committee for the implementation of the CPA.
On Southern Sudan referendum turnout quorum which has remained contentious, the SPLM has conceded 55% while the NCP wants 60% and that the matter should be agreed upon as a package with other remaining contentious issues.
The two parties had earlier agreed on 51% in favor of separation votes of the would-be agreed quorum to declare the South independent.
The bills under discussions are supposed to be passed by the national Council of Ministers and National Assembly in its current last session which is expected to expire in two weeks.
Meanwhile the First Vice President of the Republic and President of the Government of Southern Sudan, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit, arrived in Khartoum yesterday (Thursday) and was expected to participate in presidency meeting in the evening.
Kiir had earlier called on the NCP to extend the life span of the current session of the National Assembly to give it ample time to pass the remaining laws under discussion.
The presidency is also expected to discuss the recent political events that led to the arrest of senior SPLM officials.
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Gatjang
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
This is how they wanted to denied the referendum by delaying to pass the law. Mr. Bashir must sign this law or otherwise the SPLM will caught him alive and be handed over to ICC. We don’t want the elected government to sign this, it have to be sign by the current government.
The SPLM must declare our independence before election, if law is not sign.
Dinka Boy
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
NCp leader Bashier should know that being the president at the moment with hidden agenda aganist SPLM will create more harms than benefits. The SPLM of today should not be compared to the one of last time. SPLM is the really govt which have initiative and dedication for the right of Southeners and the marginalize citizens of the whole country,but the time will tell in 2011.
Thanks
Thyinka
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
What has an elected government got to do with the decision of the people of Southern Sudan to choose Unity or Separation in a referendum? Does an elected government have a choice to influence the decision of the people of Southern Sudan and other marginalized areas? Was it an elected government that agreed on the CPA? It is important not to politicize the referendum of Southern Sudan and Abyei.
Referendum is a fundamental right of the people of Southern Sudan and no government has a right to influence it in any way be it elected or not. All I can say is that Southerners must continue to fight for what is theirs as they have been doing since 1955. The North is not going to concede anything, it has to be demanded and taken whenever necessary.
Kur
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
A war criminal cannot be the one to oversee the referendum. He is supposed to be in jail instead of disturbing peace in the country. The Sudanese are not stupid enough to elect indicted individuals to ruin the life of the country and to kill more innocent people.
Kur
jalabi
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
What crazy people??!!
Pagan Amom, you used the “separation” card a lot against the north and you threatened north that south will separate unless north makes the unity “attractive” and when the majority of north said “well, go ahead and separate and create your free ‘democratic’ state and God Bless you” and you scared nobody now you’re playing dirty political game by putting your hand on your old foe enemies hands (Umma party & Turabi party) whom you fought before and you called them “the old Sudan” to topple the government in the north or bringing back the war between the north and south by announcing the fail of CPA and war cannot be inevitable!! Did you forget who is Turabi??!!
Mr. Amom, do you really care about changing the security law in the north and the democratic transformation process?? do you or will you have democratic laws in the south in the first place??!! can anyone in the north interfere by any mean in the south government decision or has any right to discuss any law in the south???
Mr. Amom, get your nose out of the north and work hard to establish your free “democratic” state in the south in 2011, the dream state, the “new Sudan” and leave Arab/Jalaba alone, Blue Nile and South Kordofan are no longer your business because those people were never south, they always north and will stay north and we know how to deal with our problems just concentrate on your south problem.
War against south is no longer in our agenda but if you cross 1956 border trying to fight us we will never hesitate to set fire on you and on anyone who is trying to mess with us.
Jalabi (Abo Jalabia)
Hillary B.M.L,M
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
Equatorians the best, Shilluks slightly good and the least worst Dirtiest people in South Sudan are Dinkas follow by Nuers, given good height by God Almighty but they damages the images of God given to them by Dirtiness amongst others Silly things.
Bec Akuot
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
Whenever the lion is satisfied after eating an animal, it will roar but if it’s hungry it will be quite. That is why you can see from Mr. Bashir, he is not smiling, he is roaring because of the total utility he has gained from the Sudanese resources.
He is now fed up much more better than Kiir Mayardit.that is why you can see him with every big stomach.
My dear Southerners, lets make the lion to get hungry and angry if we struggle and pulled out from his government by voting for independent in South.But I know some of us they mind about what to be eaten to earn living. They “eat to live” but they don’t “live to eat”.
If you are a true Southerner, you try to change and you live to eat but not eat to live. If you keep that spirit of “eating to live” then you will easily be influence by the NCP to give you a thousands of Dollars and you forget of your brothers by not liberating them from the scourage of war.
The movement you will go to the NCP side as a Southerner, your vote will made the Southerners to loss and things will fall apart. Hence itis you to take up the challenge now.
THINK TWICE
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
Mr rat Bashir,is it indicated in the CPA that the referendum is to be decided by the elected government in 2010?
stop fucking around sign the laws other wise referendum before 2011 if people are not following the CPA.
Gatloth Gai
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
NCP that you calls is your(SPLM) enemies told you what
to do.
SPLM remain a name without active man when we lost Dr.Garang.
Its (SPLM) members calls its peaeceful partner (NCP) an enemy.
with whom would you sign this CPA you enjoys today if not NCP?
From an indenpent of the country Sudan,it never happen
that a ruling party in the north signed the peacefully with rebel like this.I think you re-call anya-anya one era, how was it in Khartoum?
Can we clap our hands for Bachar you people in the south.
If Dr.Garang himself gave thanks to Bachar,what of you the rest?
Do you know how long could we take if we continuos with the war without peaceful mean?
Lodokasoro
NCP connects South Sudan referendum to elected government
though i have not gone deep in to reading the story, let no one allow the south go a mess again. we walked long route to get to where we are now . so stand there so as not to be pushed to the bush.CAUTION!! take care with tricky Arab policy on the south. HEEEEEEEEEEEE! Look back and learn from the past.