Khartoum is trying to mix up issues intentionally and is
waging a campaign by leaking false information to the media. I have been approached by a number of
Khartoum media-based entities and would like to make the SPLM-N’s position
clear to the public on the following important issues.
The issues that have been falsely leaked are:
Khartoum claims that political dialogue is going to be
carried out between the SPLM-N and the government and they went as far as
saying that they will only speak with part of the SPLM-N.
Khartoum claims that this negotiation will lead to a
ceasefire and that they are going to carry out more consultations with the
international community on the urgent humanitarian assistance that is needed
for thousands of IDPs.
The SPLM-N would like to state the following:
1) Humanitarian
aid is a right for those in need. It
should not be based on political conditions.
Humanitarian aid for needy people comes before politics.
2) The
SPLM-N leadership is on record with the international community that whenever
the modalities of delivering humanitarian aid require a cessation of
hostilities on humanitarian grounds, the SPLM-N will fully cooperate.
3) The
ongoing consultations between Khartoum and the international community on
humanitarian aid, which has taken 10 months since war started, is part of the policy
to buy time by the National Congress especially since the rainy season is
imminent and will make access for humanitarian assistance impossible.
4) If
the leadership of the National Congress is not ready to allow access for
humanitarian aid, how can they allow access for a political solution? If they are not ready to deliver humanitarian
aid, how can they be ready for a political solution? Allowing humanitarian access is easier than
offering political concessions. Delivering
humanitarian aid is a separate track from the political process and it will
help create a conducive atmosphere for any political settlement. The
priority is to save lives now.
5) The
SPLM-N and the Sudan Revolutionary Front are for a holistic, peaceful
settlement not a piecemeal solution that will reproduce war.
6) The
Sudan problem can only be solved by addressing the wrong policies in
Khartoum. It is Khartoum that wages war
against Darfur, Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, Eastern Sudan and Southern Sudan,
and they marginalize the majority of the Sudanese people. In the present situation, a solution cannot
be found in Kadugli, Damazin, or Al Fasher.
It can only be found by transforming Khartoum politics.
Yasir
Arman
Secretary
General, SPLM-N
April
7, 2012
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