SPLM accuses Sudan’s oil minister of betraying the South
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July 1, 2011 (JUBA) – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM),
which has ruled South Sudan for the last six years, has accused
Sudan’s federal oil minister of “betraying” the region by giving its
resources to North Sudan ahead of independence.
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Sudan’s oil minister Lual Den (Reuters)g
In line with the power sharing deal signed between the North and South
Sudan in 2005, the Khartoum government receives 50 percent of the
revenue from oil produced in Southern Sudan. Some 350,000 barrels of
Sudan’s daily production (around 500,000 barrels) come from the South.
Early last June, the two sides agreed that the South will pay a usage
fee rather than continuing the revenue-sharing deal after separation.
The minister of petroleum in the national government, Lual Achuek
Deng, is accused of unilaterally giving 48% of the oil share to North
Sudan for the whole month of July contrary to the 2005 peace agreement
which ends the share on July 9.
The SPLM Secretary General, Pagan Amum Akech, in a televised statement
on the official South Sudan TV from Addis Ababa said minister Lual
Achuek has betrayed South Sudan and must be held accountable for his
action.
Amum said while his team has been negotiating with North Sudan in
Addis Ababa, they have shockingly learnt that the minister has already
sold the oil produced in South Sudan for the month of July and given
it to North Sudan.
Currently Amum and his delegation are in the Ethiopian capital to try
to reach a deal on fees the North should continue to receive for usage
of its pipelines and refineries by South Sudan from 9 July.
The SPLM Secretary General said an investigation will soon be launched
into this action by the minister. Achuek could not be reached for
comment by the Sudan Tribune.
Achuek was also criticized last year by South Sudanese for his
comments supporting the unity of Sudan ahead of referendum and
instigating inter-sectional fighting among Dinka Bor community of Twic
East county, from where he hails, in Jonglei state.
He however denied wrong doing on the two issues related to pro-unity
and instigation of inter-sectional fighting in his home county.
(ST)
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