Sudanese traders ask for government intervention to recover their assets in South Sudan
May 22, 2016 ( KHARTOUM) – Sudanese traders have renewed calls for the government and the parliament to support their efforts to recover their properties, which were confiscated by the South Sudan authorities after the independence.
They claim that the seized assets, which were confiscated or expropriated by the authorities in the South Sudan, worth about $20 billions, calling on the government and its executive organ to live up to their responsibilities and help to get their properties back.
They further say they came to the parliament after knocking on the door of all the concerned authorities, adding they suffer from difficult economic situation after losing their properties in the South Sudan.
Head of the Justice and human Rights Panel at the Parliament, Ahmed al-Tigani, who met the delegation pledged to follow up the case, and to contact the ministry of foreign affairs to coordinate the efforts with regard to the complaints.
The Secretary General of the Sudanese traders in South Sudan, Siddiq Mohamed, warned to take the case further to regional and international forums, accusing the government of neglecting their issue.
Speaking to the press, Mohamed stressed the need for an intervention by President Omer al-Bashir personally to solve their case.
“Our cause is more important than the (contested) borders, Abyei and Darfur because it affects around 8000 Sudanese citizens,” he said.
In the meantime, he accused the South Sudan government of ignoring the judgements handed down in their favour, adding “the South Sudan courts have ordered the government to give back their properties but the government refused”.
(ST)