Opposition party condemns rebel attacks against civilians in South Kordofan
May 24, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) has condemned the attacks on civilians carried out by the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Forces (SRF) on Abu- Kershola in South Kordofan state.
In wake of the attack, the PCP of the Islamist leader Hassan Al-Turabi, refused to condemn the SRF and instead blamed the government for the events.
“We don’t condemn the SRF because war was imposed upon them by the government”, the party’s political officer Kamal Omer at the time said. Adding that rebel attacks are a natural consequence for the government policies .
But PCP’s deputy secretary general, Ibrahim Al-Sanousi who was in jail for long-time because he had met with rebels in Juba last year, told Ashorooq T.V. yesterday that his party doesn’t accept recurrence of similar attacks in the future.
Leading a PCP delegation to visit the displaced people from Abu-Kershola in the town of Al-Rahad in North Kordofan state, Al-Sanousi expressed regret for what they have suffered as a result of the attack, and distributed food aid provided by his party.
He added that his visit was intended to check on the humanitarian situation of the displaced people, declaring that his party seeks to coordinate and cooperate with government bodies as well as voluntary aid groups to provide assistance to the affected areas.
The Sudanese government had previously accused the SRF of killing 45 people following its attack on Abu-Kershola on April 27, saying that the rebels had physically eliminated them with “cold blood”.
(ST)