Activists Urge CPA Partners To Resolve Abyei Differences A group of activists advocating for the rights of the people of Abyei have said that unless the Sudanese government honours the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, CPA the issue of Abyei will not be resolved. 29 May 2011 Activists Urge CPA Partners To Resolve Abyei Differences Dr. Chol Deng (centre) amidst Members of ARF speaking to the press in Juba [©Gurtong]
By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 29th May, 2011 [Gurtong]-A group of activists advocating for the rights of the people of Abyei have said that unless the Sudanese government honours the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, CPA the issue of Abyei will not be resolved. “Honouring of the agreement signed is the only solution to the problems of Abyei,” Dr. Chol Deng Alak, Chairperson of Abyei Referendum Forum, ARF told Gurtong on Thursday in an official interview in Juba. The CPA signed in 2005 has spelled the Abyei Protocol and mandated the people of the oil rich region to exercise their rights of self determination early this year. However, the Sudanese government is accused of delaying the process for their own benefits just less than two months to the expiry of the peace deal. Last week the Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir unilaterally dismissed the Abyei region administration then deployed Sudan Armed Forces, SAF, leading to bombing and consequent killings that displaced over 1000,000 people in the region. Tens of civilians are reported to have been killed as thousands fled the region. Dr. Chol said that fighting and dishonouring the agreement will not address the problems of the region but will further fuel instability. “The use of lethal force is violating human rights of the Abyei people. Any alternative to use as an attempt to address the issue of Abyei besides agreements signed will not end the crisis of Abyei,” he said. Dr. Chol also accused the United State Envoy to Sudan Scot Gration to have suggested un-proportionate division of the oil rich region last year; he said if Scot’s suggestions were to be followed, the North and South would share Abyei in the ratio of 3:1 respectively. “Gration had suggested division of Abyei between the two regions’ parties of the National Congress Party, NCP taking 77% of Abyei while Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, SPLM to take 23%,” Dr. Chol recalled. Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations -- 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.
