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[image: email] Email<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=enviar_email_articulo&id_article=49032> [image: print] Print<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=49032> [image: pdf]Save<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=spipdf&spipdf=spipdf_article&id_article=49032&nom_fichier=article_49032> [image: separation] [image: increase] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article49032#> [image: decrease] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article49032#> [image: separation] [image: separation] ------------------------------ December 1, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s Just Peace Forum (JPF) has announced that it changed its policies towards South Sudan and called for improving relations with the new nation. *JPF leader Al-Tayeb Mustafa among his supporters celebrating the secession of South Sudan in July 2010 (Photo Getty)* The JPF, a splinter faction of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) is a radical Islamist and separatist party. During the transitional period of 2005-2011, it campaigned for separation between the northern and southern Sudan . The political group is headed by Al-Tayeb Mustafa, president Bashir’s maternal uncle. Its main forum is the best-selling daily paper Al- Intibaha, which is notorious for its aggressive rhetoric. The JPF spokesperson, Satti Sorketti, called in a press conference on Saturday to improve relations with the Republic of South Sudan stressing "it is no longer an enemy to the Sudan". Sorketti further demanded putting the border issues and dispute over Abyei area with South Sudan "in its true context", and dismissed reports saying that South Sudan had played a role in forcing Mustafa out of Al-Intibaha, The JPF had deeply criticized the economic measures announced last September and condemned the bloody repression of the anti-austerity protests and as a result authorities banned Al-Intibaha but allowed it to resume on 3 November on the condition that Mustafa would step down as chairman. Sorketti said that they managed to win the battle of identity against the secularist parties and now they direct their efforts to fight against corruption and the NCP’s inability to govern Sudan, saying that the country and the society are on the verge of collapse. He accused the ruling party of targeting the JPF and banning its newspaper, saying that the NCP stipulated that Mustafa steps down as the chairman of the board of directors and separates the JPF from the newspaper. "The law, state, politics, and rights have become absolute property of the NCP", he said. He added that the NCP doesn’t seek to serve public interests but aims to clinch to power even at the expense of the country and accused unnamed influential figures in the government of standing behind the current problems within the JPF, saying that they incited "sacked members to split the JPF". The JPF official also threatened to reveal names of those NCP influential figures soon. He further said that some senior figures within the NCP deemed Mustafa more dangerous than the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), pointing that the attack on the JPF’s chairman is nothing but a character assassination attempt. "We will stick to Al-Intibaha to the last gasp", he added. The JPF deputy chairman, Hassan Al-Tom, for his part, asserted that they wouldn’t abandon their ownership rights in Al-Intibaha, pointing that they might resort to other options to finance the JPF including issuance of a new newspaper. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooqMkDUHY06KpTZqMBvGzuUaFSh89assX1FwCK-0i1nhA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
