لابد من إعلان حالة الطوارئ في السودان وإعلان المناطق المنكوبة ..

SPLM-Sudan Calls on the National Congress Government to Declare a State of Emergency and the Affected Areas of the Flood as Disaster Areas and Appeals to the Regional and International Agencies to Rescue the Affected Sudanese People

Following on our previous statement about the disaster situations created by the floods in Sudan and the lack of government intervention in many areas, including the capital of Khartoum, which resulted in the death of more than 60 people, including an entire family of 8 from South Sudan. The floods have destroyed more than 70,000 homes and hundreds of thousands have lost property. It is estimated that more than 150,000 people are displaced and the conditions of the floods are threatening more lives and the displacement of entire villages and residential areas in different parts of Sudan, both rural and urban areas. It is the biggest floods witnessed by Sudan since 1946 and 1988, and the floods expose the inefficiency and inability of the corrupt government of the National Congress, which continues to deny the magnitude of the disaster and it continues to demonstrate a lack of capacity and concern. The SPLM-Sudan repeats its earlier calls on the National Congress government to take this situation seriously and to declare a state of emergency, to identify the areas affected as disaster areas, and to allow the regional and international agencies, especially the United Nations, to intervene and to provide the necessary assistance. The SPLM-Sudan, again, would like to register its appreciation and admiration to the different initiatives by the Sudanese youth, women, medical doctors, artists and civil society organizations, such as “Naffeir”, and we call upon our members and the SRF members to get more involved in supporting these initiatives aimed at assisting the affected populations, especially the vulnerable families, the young and the old in the different areas of Sudan.

Yasir Arman

Secretary General, SPLM-Sudan

August 13, 2013