Sudan’s council of states suspends sessions to push for military mobilisation
May 20, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s Council of States has decided to suspend its sessions in order to enable its members to head to their constituencies and lead a mobilisation campaign in support of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in its ongoing battle with rebel groups which have stepped up their military activities in recent months.
The head of the Council, Adam Hamid Musa, said that Sudan’s national legislature which includes the National Assembly and the Council of States decided to suspend its activities and send the MPs to their states to mobilize people against dangers facing the country.
Earlier this month, the National Assembly suspended its sessions for a week and sent lawmakers to their states to meet with the local governments in order to mobilise youth to support SAF.
Musa, who spoke in the eleventh session of the council on Saturday, added that members are part of their constituencies and they will discuss with them how to face rebels’ aggression politically and militarily.
The council’s members have approved the general mobilisation work plan and decided to suspend their meetings from May 20 to June 3, 2013.
The representative of the River Nile state at the council, Hisham Al-Birair, said that the campaign aims to mobilise Sudanese people and make them aware of the conspiracies being hatched to undermine peace and security in the country.
The representative of the White Nile state, Saadia Salah, for her part, praised the council’s efforts to mobilise people, adding that mobilisation campaign is a comprehensive program aims at leading people to confront plots of the West and the renegades.
The representative of the Northern state, Badawi Al-Khabir, said that mobilization is a non-partisan issue and everyone is obliged to participate in it, adding that Sudanese people must be made aware that the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) is nothing but a rouge group fighting the Islamic regime of the Sudan.
The speaker of Sudan’s National Assembly, Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir, who addressed a mobilization rally in the Northern state capital of Dongola on Sunday, said that “Sudan wouldn’t fit for both of us [the government and the rebels]; either we stay in it or they take it”.
Al-Tahir further described SRF rebels as a “disgrace” to Sudan, traitors, mercenaries, and agents for Zionism”, stressing that the battle is not only SAF’s battle but also the Sudanese people.
Sudan says the rebels groups receive funds and military equipments from Israel and accuses Uganda and South Sudan of providing the logistical facilities.
Last Friday, South Sudanese president Salva Kiir received a letter from his Sudanese counterpart Omer Al-Bashir about the alleged support the rebels from South Sudanese officials.
Kiir pledged to investigate the complaint and reiterated his commitment to the security agreement between the two countries.
(ST)