SPLM denies agreement with NCP on dropping southerners from National Assembly Wednesday, 02 March 2011 23:02 Sudan >>> The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Atem Garang, denied report that say the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) have reached an agreement on dropping the memberships of southerners from the National Legislature.
Speaking to Radio Miraya, Garang said that it is very clear in the National Interim Constitution that the membership of southerners in the National Assembly and the Council of States ends on 9th July. Earlier, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ahmed Ibrahim Tahir, had said that the memberships of southerners in the National Legislature have been dropped, adding that the SPLM and the NCP had agreed to it. Addressing the press in Khartoum last week, Tahir had said that the membership of southerners in the National Legislature would end by the end of this month, but they will maintain their rights until 9th July. Meanwhile, the State Minister of Justice, Lul Bol, has called on the Presidency to intervene in stopping the decision taken by the Speaker. Bol told Radio Miraya that the decision taken by the Speaker is unconstitutional and contradicts the President's decision which says that all the constitutional institutions should continue functioning until 9th July. -- 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.
