SPLM vows to form national government in South Kordofan State
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April 23, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The deputy governor of South Kordodan
State, Abdul Aziz Adam Al-Hilu, has announced he will form a coalition
government should he win the state’s gubernatorial elections for which
he is running on the ticket of the North Sudan branch of Sudan
People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).
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SPLM vows to form national government in South Kordofan State
Legislative and gubernatorial elections in Sudan’s central state of
South Kordofan, which lie on the fault line between the north and the
soon-to-be independent state of South Sudan, are due to be held on May
2 after they were postponed from April 2010 when the country held
countrywide elections.
The polls, which were delayed due to disagreements resulting from the
2008 census and delimitation of geographic constituencies, is expected
to witness a fierce competition for the state governor office between
Al-Hilu and Ahmad Harun, the incumbent candidate of North Sudan’s
ruling National Congress Party (NCP), who is wanted by the
International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes allegedly
committed in the country’s western region of Darfur.
In a packed public rally in Killik and Korongo areas in the state,
Al-Hilu exhorted citizens to vote for him in order to “put an end to
the state’s woes.”
Al-Hilu, who appears to have managed to secure the backing of other
opposition parties for his candidacy against Ahmad Harun, declared
that he would form a government of national unity if he wins the
elections.
Meanwhile, the secretary-general of the SPLM’s northern sector, Yasir
Arman, who was present at the rally, warned citizens against voting
for Harun, asking “how could a man sought for crimes solve the state’s
problems?”
Arman said that voting for Harun would be considered a “crime” because
he would turn the state into a zone of war, citing allegations of a
buildup in the state by paramilitary forces loyal to Harun.
Last week the paramilitary Popular Defense Forces (PDF) attacked
El-Feid village in South Korodfan’s Nuba Mountain area, killing 17
people and burning a number of houses. The SPLM accused Harun of
mobilizing the PDF with the intent of scuttling elections in the
state.
The Washington-based Sudan Human Rights Network (SHRN) on Wednesday
issued a statement in which it documented and condemned the attack,
which it said was carried out by the PDF at the behest of the NCP.
SHRN urged activists to increase pressure on the Sudanese government
to disarm all paramilitary forces.
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