Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir urged on Tuesday the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to lift the suspension of its participation in the central government, warning that the decision has put peace efforts in danger.
In his address to the parliament, the Sudanese president noted that the SPLM's decision to freeze the participation of its ministers in the government had "put the peace efforts in front ofa real choice which we had not expected."
He said that because of the decision as well as developments and a new political language resulted from it, "the consultation and cooperation between the two sides had been replaced by differences and disputes."
The Sudanese president reiterated that the peace was a mutual right and responsibility for both partners, adding that the SPLM's decision had forced the government to take a review into the basis on which the peace agreement was reached.
SPLM, which signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) with the Sudanese government in 2005 to end a 21-year conflict between them, decided on Oct. 11 to withhold the participation of its ministers in the government.
This is the most serious crisis for the present Sudanese Government of National Unity since it was established in September2005, in which political power is shared mainly between the SPLM and the National Congress Party led by al-Bahir.
Source:Xinhua
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