نذر تحالف بين الحركة الشعبية والمؤتمر الوطني

Dear Abu Sandra and others

I think the SPLM is really no different than any other player on our political scene

The Movement has discarded its previous alliances and is now committed to the CPA

As I see it, the problem, post CPA, is its commitment to only the power side of the CPA. It has shown no interest in developing momentum toward democratic change or finding extra pressure-points to see a pro-unity implementation of the CPA

As we stand the freedom charter in the constitution is suspended, legislative reform regarding Press, Political Association laws is being thwarted. The country is still run by a whole arsenal of undemocratic laws, which are gradually being changed into laws that still perpetuate the status quo and block any meaningful transition to democracy

No one can offer the SPLM guarantees in the abstract – if every one is shut out of the political process and it elects repeatedly to side with the Ingaz dictatorship then it is on a path toward a self-fulfilling prophesy as far as unity, democracy, and honoring the CPA are concerned – none will occur. The smoke screen about making unity attractive remains a flimsy excuse as long as the preferred partner is always the NCP

As a Movement the SPLM is expanding by the incorporation of others within the South and beyond and I am not sure that it has the capacity to lead/coordinate/harmonize all these competing interests

Other players on the political scene should show fidelity to their issues and let the SPLM decide where it wants to stand – one of the greatest problems with the NDA was the uncritical coverage it afforded to the unilateralism of the SPLM

If there is a United democratic Sudan to be had then change at the Center is imperative along with recognizing that any nation-state is greater than the sum of its part. There is no Sudan, when politics is exclusively spoken of in terms of Darfur or the South or the East …etc. These issues are enough, but the primary cause is dysfunction at the Center and no amount of outsourcing will guarantee better outcomes if change is not realized where it is most needed, i.e., in Khartoum … this is the only prescription for honoring any and all agreements

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Sudan for all the Sudanese