Egypt reportedly seeking a delay to the South Sudan referendum
October 21, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir today affirmed to two visiting Egyptian officials that he is committed to holding the 2011 referendum on time amid reports that Cairo wants a delay in the key vote in order to allow for resolving a number of outstanding issues between the North and South.
In 2011 the people of South Sudan will vote in a self determination referendum in order to decide whether they want to remain as part of united Sudan or create their own state. It is widely expected that secession will be the overwhelming choice of Southerners.
Sudan official news agency (SUNA) said that Bashir told the Egyptian minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit and spy chief Omer Suleiman that Khartoum will provide all the requirements for a fair and transparent referendum.
According to press reports Bashir told Aboul-Gheit and Suleiman that while he is convinced about the need for a postponement, he cannot make such a call and would rather leave it to the referendum commission particularly as Western nations accuse him of foot dragging on allowing the exercise to go ahead.
Aboul-Gheit told reporters afterwards that that he conveyed to Bashir a message from Hosni Mubarak aimed to getting informed on the situation in Sudan. He said that Mubarak is greatly concerned with peace, stability and security in north and south Sudan.
Both officials are reportedly heading to Juba in order to convince South Sudan president Salva Kiir to agree on a referendum delay.
This week the referendum commission stressed that the independence vote will be held on time on January 9. The voter registration process will commence on November 14.
The North and South have yet to agree on contentious post-referendum arrangement including border demarcation, wealth sharing, water, citizenship and national debt.
Officials from the north have suggested lately that no referendum can be held without finalizing the border demarcation.
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Anyang
Egypt reportedly seeking a delay to the South Sudan referendum
Shame on you Egyptian! We are quitting,”people quits people not campanies”, so therefore, South Sudan is long gone whether like or not.
Angelo Achuil
Egypt reportedly seeking a delay to the South Sudan referendum
Whether Egypt really wanted “Delay” or not, I can only repeat what Pagan Amum had said earlier about postponing Referendum. that-
“People of Southern Sudan had have their hearts on referendum so much that if it is postponed,the public frustration would be so much that it can hardly be managed.
telfajbago
Egypt reportedly seeking a delay to the South Sudan referendum
Egyptian who provided Khartoum with necessary air coverage support to commit genocide in Darfur according to recent reports must be made to understand that, Sudan is not their backyard garden to interfere at whenever they thought necessary. South Sudan’s hardly fought peace gains must be crowned by timely referendum and this its non of the fucking Egyptian issues who are obsessed by Israel’s fearing of dominating Nile water after secession of South Sudan.
Wiyual Wech Puk D. Payol.
Egypt reportedly seeking a delay to the South Sudan referendum
Oh!!! officials from Egypt,we, the people of southern Sudan knew that you carried all Arabs decisions for referendum delay.that decision will not be accept by any one from southern Sudan.border demarcation will not delay or prevent that referendum because the land for south and that for immigrant Arabs is already known.we know the border between north and south since British colonial period where the great Sudan stayed in the form of two countries North and South. this year,2011 will be the best year that people of southern Sudan will have their own state and create their own nation like other African nations.shame on Egyptian officials!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.