الحركة تنسحب من البرلمان

Quote: SPLM walks out of the National Assembly sittings Tuesday 20 October 2009 05:00. Printer-Friendly version Comments... By Ngor Arol Garang October 19, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – In a bid to put pressure on its peace partner to vote outstanding bills, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has withdrawn today form the federal parliament for a week. JPEG - 16.5 kb SPLM MPs led by Yasir Arman walking out of the National Assembly in Khartoum on Monday Oct 19, 2009 During its ninth and last session, the parliament has to adopt a number of laws including referendum and national security laws hotly debated with the NCP for most of this year. The head of the SPLM parliamentary bloc at the National Assembly, Yasir Arman, told reporters surrounded by the members of his group at the parliament that they want to see a parliamentary schedule for the remaining laws. Arman further said the current draft of security law enables the security apparatus to arrest, search and detain, adding all these are against the constitution. He further added that if the National Congress Party does not show progress on the disputed issues, the SPLM would boycott the parliamentary session which will continue until November 30. The NCP asserts that Sudan National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) should have more powers, such as arrest and confiscation, than simply gathering information; something the SPLM says is contrary to the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Mohamed Atta the new head of the service in a public relations meeting with the press yesterday said the body need such power to face the different threats the country is facing. Atem Garang, the Deputy National Assembly Speaker on SPLM ticket, today told reporters in Khartoum that a number of political parties led by SPLM, walked out the national assembly sittings to put more pressure on the NCP reach consensus on pending key issues in the deal. On Wednesday 14, SPLM parliamentarians at the national assembly sent out messages asking their supporters to go on peaceful demonstrations all over the country. In an interview with deputy speaker Atem Garang, he said, demonstrations were to be organized by our supporters to support a memo we presented to the Speaker of National Assembly here in Khartoum on Monday. "This memo contains our demands to table and prioritize discussions on referendum on self determination for the people of Southern Sudan, Security laws, popular consultation for the people of South Blue Nile, Nuba Mountains and referendum for Abyei. "In the light of these items, we made our position clear and this is why we kept ourselves away from attending current session," he said adding NCP has shown no interest in addressing our demands. The head of the NCP block Ghazi Salah Al-Deen underlined what he called the contradiction in the SPLM behavior saying they call for speedy review of the draft bills while they impede the parliamentary activities. He further said they would engage talks with the SPLM in order to invite it to reconsider its decision. (ST)