The Citizen (Juba) South Sudan: Govt Slams Sudanese Parliament Calling Juba 'Enemy'
By Mary Ajith Goch, 18 April 2012 Juba — Despites Sudanese parliament brand that South Sudan is an "enemy" to Sudan which was endorsed by the Parliament South Sudan said it still considers Sudanese as their "brothers and Sisters". Minister of Information and Broadcasting Barnaba Marial Benjamin said yesterday that what the Khartoum Parliament did was a formalization of the decision of their Government declaration of war against South Sudan. Sudan's parliament on Monday voted unanimously to brand the government of South Sudan an enemy, after southern troops invaded the Sudan main oilfield. The vote came as South Sudan accused Khartoum of fresh airstrikes that killed civilians and also hit a United Nations peacekeeping camp, on the second week of the most severe border fighting since South Sudan separated last July with hope for a peaceful future. "What they did yesterday was a fulfilment of their government position, calling us enemy no one and Israel their enemy no two, this is a crazy decision, we consider Sudanese as brothers and sisters and not enemy" he told the reporters. He said the brand by the Sudanese Parliament was a declaration of war, but South Sudan would not be dragged into that war. We are not for war, Sudan calling us an enemy State is jungle types of behaviour, we are not the aggressor I wanted to make it crystal clear that South Sudan is not the aggressor but Sudan" Benjamin said The Minister further response to the statement by the Sudanese law makers that they are going to change the SPLM led government in Juba, he said the South Sudan Go "we did not initiate this battle our Parliament talks of peace and Sudan Parliament talks of war, we are preaching peace and they preached war, Jihad war Sudan's parliament voted unanimously to brand the government of South Sudan an enemy, after southern troops invaded the north's main oilfield. The vote came as South Sudan accused Khartoum of fresh airstrikes that killed 10 civilians and also hit a United Nations peacekeeping camp, on the seventh day of the most severe border fighting since South Sudan separated last July with hope for a peaceful future. , hatred" he added "The government of South Sudan is an enemy and all Sudanese state agencies have to treat her accordingly," the parliament's resolution said according to news Agency. After the vote, parliamentary speaker Ahmed Ibrahim El-Tahir called for the overthrow of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) which rules the South. "We announce that we will clash with SPLM until we end her government of South Sudan," he said. Copyright © 2012 The Citizen. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here. AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 130 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
