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Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 04:51:08 -0700
Press Release
NCP stages coup against legitimacy in Blue Nile, destroys the CPA
With its onslaught on the Blue Nile Region on September 1st, the
National Congress Party has gratuitously staged a coup against the
legitimacy by ousting an elected governor and thereby destroying the
CPA in the two areas.
The objective of the NCP has always been to eradicate the SPLM/A in
the North. Despite the efforts by the SPLM and the regional and
international community, as evidenced in the endeavors of Prime
Minister Meles Zinawi and the AUHIP Panel headed by President Mbeiki,
which resulted in the Addis Ababa Frame Work Agreement, yet President
Bashir has insisted on the war track and disowned the Addis Ababa
Framework Agreement.
The events that took place in the Blue Nile and earlier on in Southern
Kordofan, marked the beginning of the second Islamic Republic as
perceived by the National Congress leadership. This delusional
perception has put an end to the CPA in the two areas as well as on
the quest for democratic transformation in the Sudan, resulting in the
destruction of the Popular Consultation which is the only peaceful
mechanism to resolve the conflict in the two areas. Moreover, the
removal of the only elected governor in the North - who was elected
against the will of the NCP- in spite of its attempts to rig the
elections in Blue Nile, is unconstitutional and would therefore not be
recognized by the SPLM.
Call for a No-Fly Zone in the two areas and Darfur:
In view of the current human right atrocities , the SPLM-N calls upon
the IGADD countries, the Troika, the UN Security Council and
International Community who are the grantors of the CPA to sponsor a
resolution on a No-fly Zone in the two areas and Darfur. The Sudan
Air Force is seriously involved in targeting the civil population,
thus becoming directly responsible for massive atrocities, including
ethnic cleansing and genocide. This brutal force needs to be reign in.
Update from the ground:
· Since yesterday and today, the Sudan Air Force continued its
aerial bombardment mainly on civil population targets , resulting in
killing two women and a kid in Kurmuk and injured an old man. The
major water tank in town for the civil population was destroyed.
· In Bau, a woman was killed as a result of the bombardment.
· In Damazin, four SPLM members were slaughtered; hundreds
arrested, including Mamoun Hammad, who is the deputy Speaker of the
State Parliament and Abdullaihi Ibrahim, who is the SPLM Secretary
General. Babiker Mohammed Adam, who is a member of the SPLM
Secretariat.
· Given what happened in South Kordofan with regard to ethnic
cleansing, we call upon human rights organizations to put pressure to
bear on NCP to ensure the safety of the SPLM-N members.
· Thousands of displaced people are scattered allover the State
and are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
· The SPLM-N Headquarters in Senar State was attacked by the
security forces and SPLM members are being rounded up from their
houses.
· Despite the fierce offensive by the NCP forces, the SPLA is in
full control of the area, with the exception of Damazin. The SPLA is
fully controlling the town of Gissan, Kurmuk, Dindru, Ulu, Graud,
Meinza and Ingassana Hills.
Conclusion:
The NCP dream of the Second Islamic Republic is in indeed another
brand of the Taliban republic. It will only begin and end in more
human atrocities and cost in addition to instability in the Sudan and
the wider region. The NCP, as once truly described by Dr. John Granag
De Mabior, “they are too deformed to be reformed”.
Yasir Arman
Secretary General of the SPLM/N
3rd,Sept.2011
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