SPLM-N Rift: Agar rejects army command decision to side with al-Hilu
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SPLM-N leader Malik Agar (2L) attends a graduation ceremony for SPLA-N
fighters in Blue Nile State on 29 January 2017 - (ST photo)
June 17, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Chairman of the Sudan People’s
Liberation Movement-North Malik Agar (SPLMN-Agar) has rejected the
decision of the Movement’s army command to take the side of the Nuba
Mountains Liberation Council (NMLC).
Earlier this month, the NMLC, an SPLM-N regional body, decided to
install the SPLM-N Deputy Chairman Abdel-Aziz al-Hilu as temporary
chairman of the Movement and relieved Malik Agar from the leadership
of the armed group together with the Secretary General Yasser Arman.
The command of the SPLA-N including Chief of Staff Gagod Mukwar has
held a two-day meeting on June 15 and 16 in the SPLM-N controlled
areas in the Nuba Mountains and declared its support to the NMLC’s
decision, according to a letter extended to Sudan Tribune by the
SPLMN-Agar with its statement.
In a statement released Saturday, Agar rejected the SPLA-N decision,
saying such strategic decisions shouldn’t be confined to “a limited
group or even an entire region”.
Agar pointed that he and Arman have received the decisions signed by
the army command and officers from the First Front (Nuba Mountain) who
attended the meeting, saying the outcome of the meeting wouldn’t
resolve the Movement’s crisis.
He said neither the NMLC nor the SPLA-N command has the right to
exclude the rest of the Movement’s organs.
“If we accept [the position of the SPLA-N command] because of their
military weight or for any reasons, we should then accept the regime’s
actions to exclude us due to its military strength,” he said.
Agar stressed rejection of all forms of exclusion irrespective of its
source, saying they wouldn’t decide on the future of the Movement
alone “because it wouldn’t help establishing a national democratic
movement and has nothing to do with the New Sudan project”.
He added the army’s “siding with al-Hilu whatever its causes will
neither resolve the Movement’s crisis nor will it lead to an actual
confrontation with the ruling National Congress Party”.
Agar further accused al-Hilu of holding contacts with unnamed parties
who seek to see the SPLM-N as a regional, not national movement,
saying they wouldn’t take part in the proposed extraordinary
conference to elect a new leadership in July.
Last March, the NMLC supported al-Hilu’s demand for self-determination
and decided to sack Yasir Arman from his positions as
secretary-general and chief negotiator of the rebel group. Recently
they decided to sack Agar for his rejection of their previous
decisions.
The endorsement of self-determination at the time was seen as a total
shift from the historical agenda of New Sudan, but al-Hilu group says
they would no longer hold the call for a secular and democratic state
in Sudan and prefer to focus on their region.
Asked by the BBC Africa on Friday if he is against the right of
self-determination for the Nuba Mountains, Agar said in principles he
was not opposed to that demand but the dynamic and the timing are not
in favour of such move.
"The people of the Nuba Mountains are 2.9 of which 1.9 are not Nuba so
we are seeing the consequences of this when it comes to one man one
vote," he stressed.
In his statement of Saturday, Agar pointed that the SPLA-N
extraordinary conference is based upon a coup and it excludes
important SPLM-N sectors in the Blue Nile, northern states and the
Diaspora.
“They won’t allow for preparing the documents [of the conference] or
agreeing on a consensual preparatory committee. The [conference] began
by issuing decisions to prevent SPLM-N leadership from entering the
liberated areas,” he said.
NO MORE NEGOTIATIONS WITH KHARTOUM
Agar added that he and Arman will contact all “SPLM-N members who
rejected the NMLC decisions in order to start a new march to rebuild
the Movement on the basis of the New Sudan vision for all Sudanese”.
“We wouldn’t participate in any talks or contacts with the Khartoum
regime and we will focus on rebuilding the Movement on new bases and
the true future of the SPLM-N lies on the removal of the current
regime and establishing a democratic regime for all Sudanese,” he
said.
Agar, reiterated his proposal to step down with al-Hilu and Arman and
to appoint a temporary leadership tasked with the preparation for the
general conference including Maj Gen Gagod Mukwar, Maj Gen Ahmed
al-Umda, and to appoint Maj Gen Izat Koko as Chief of Staff while
Mohamed Ahmed Omer al-Habob be appointed as secretary general.
South Kordofan and the neighbouring Blue Nile state have been the
scene of violent conflict between the SPLM-N and Sudanese army since
2011.
The decision of the military command in the Nuba Mountains to side
with al-Hilu is seen as the second step in the breakaway process
within the largest rebel groups in the Nuba Mountains and the Blue
Nile.
Observers agree that it would frustrate the African Union brokered
process which has from now onwards to consider dealing with two rebel
groups and to review its plans accordingly.
(ST)
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18 June 00:43, by Theone
This division is deadly to the suffered of people of Nuba mautain
and southern kordufan
This smell like what Lamb Akol and Riek Machar did in South Sudan.
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18 June 06:02, by Planetmars
He(malik) created tribal violence in the Blue Nile recently by
ordering his nephew Ahmed Umda to attack different tribes in different
refugee camps which backfire on them and lead to Ahmed Umda and his
tribal militia running to hide under UN to this date
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18 June 06:11, by Planetmars
At least Al hilu has the support of his people in Nuba Mt
Unlike malik who has his head quarter burned down by the blue nile
people. They were given six years to change, but they wasted their six
years in comfortable hotel in Uganda while people are dying. There is
no such things as importance military in the blue nile. He is talking
about his tribe men who started the violence in the region.
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18 June 06:17, by Planetmars
malik let the violence happened in the hope his tribes
will win so he can rule with iron fist in the blue nile.THe vision of
new Sudan was that of our hero Dr. John Garang and that vision is dead
with Garang that is why we ended up having two sudan now. Yasir Arman
has no one dying in the bush like every rebels families and removing
him shouldn’t matter to him. Leave Al hilu alone and fix your hom
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18 June 06:27, by Planetmars
in the blue nile. Malik and ahmed Umda are the
most wanted in the blue Nile now. They should answer why did they
start killing civilians in different camps which forced fellow Blue
Nile to take action against them and leave them with no military post
under them.military assault is still coming punish them for executed
Ali bander in a cold blood murder in a prison.
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18 June 06:59, by pabaak
Theone
In deed similar to 91 crisis and this is what make Garang to
come short of New Sudan and settled In South but he was total abandon
the pursue for New Sudan now self determination was eas to succeed in
south Sudan because all the factors to led it are there in s Sudan
unlike the and the two areas in the North
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18 June 00:46, by Newsudan
There should be two SPLM north,one for Al Hilu in Nuba mts, and
other one in Blue Nile.the enemy is one Omar El Bashir, you can
learned from South Sudan plagued by infighting and tribalism,it should
not happened in two areas of Funj and Nuba,the agenda of Newsudan and
self determination are secured by separate and strong SPLA N.tribalism
is bad, you can now,South Sudan is butchering fuel by Bashi
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18 June 01:28, by Theone
The fake Arabs hands are there.
Divide and rule
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18 June 02:51, by pabaak
The idea of newsudan want to be kill by Alhilu,Alhilu become
bitter now how come to highjack the leadership for self interest
Alhilu should use good judgment between two ideologies self
determination and New Sudan which should get More support in
international and NewSudan have support especially after South Sudan
got its Independent. Now SPLA-N is following the problem of Darfurians
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18 June 03:07, by pabaak
And this is not good for suffering people of two area and all
marginalize people of Sudan.Adalla Aziz should revises his ideas and
him accept sitting together with Agar and Araman to safe SPLM-N from
this division. Those offices in Diaspora should unity of Movement
rather than support the coup d’etat AGR and Arman shouldn’t give up
they can mobilize support from whole Sudan rather than concentrate
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18 June 03:22, by pabaak
Correction
These offices in Diaspora should support the unity of
movement rather than support the coup d’etat.
Then Agar and Araman should mobilize people from whole
Sudan rather than concentrate SPLM-N in the two area. Maybe that’s why
Generals support the coup because only two areas make up the power to
fight the enemy while little or none existence of army from different
parts of Sudan
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