Confrontation looms between NCP & SPLM over Southern MPs Article Comments (3) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
February 27, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The speaker of the Sudanese parliament Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Tahir has announced that no Southern MP will be allowed to stay whether he is a member of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) or Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM). The South is set to officially become the world’s newest state next July after the referendum that took place last January showed an overwhelming majority in favor of independence. The NCP in control of the North has declared that all Southerners in the central government, military and civil service as well as parliament will be dismissed once results are certified. Al-Tahir said that the next legislative session starting in April will not include any Southerner saying that the constitution now automatically deprived them of that right after the referendum results. He cited article 118 of the constitution for his decision interpreting it as saying that Southern MP’s have no representation authority because the constituencies they won in are now in the south. But the head of the SPLM bloc Thomas Wani said the move was meant to inflict "humiliation" and "revenge" in the wake of the vote favoring secession. They stressed that the interim period ends next July and as such they will remain until then. Wani dismissed allegations that they want to stay in order to continue receiving compensation saying they receive more through their membership in the Southern parliament. He called on the justice minister Mohamed Bushara Dousa to resign for amending the constitution without consulting with SPLM state ministers in the cabinet saying he exceeded his powers. Dousa has submitted a revised version of the constitution with the parliament without showing it to the cabinet of ministers, a step deplored by the SPLM bloc. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
