From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Sun May 17 2009 - 23:45:07 EDT
Eritrean president accuses Sudan's SPLM of corruption
Monday 18 May 2009 06:00.
May 17, 2009 (KHARTOUM) - The Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki
launched an unprecedented attack on the ex-Southern rebel group Sudan
People Liberation Movement (SPLM).
The pro-government Al-Rayaam newspaper quoted Afewerki in an interview
to be published this week as saying that "corruption in South Sudan is
no secret".
Afewerki also told the newspaper that "security violations" continue in
Southern Sudan.
The Eritrean head of state also said that the SPLM has a "vague"
position with regards to unity or secession of South from the North and
demanded that the movement "declare a clear view on the future of
Sudan".
"When you chose unity then there must be a program you are working on
and there may be confrontations. The SPLM committed something to the
people of the South and another to the people of Sudan but the reality
is inconsistent with these commitments" Afewerki said.
He defended his remarks saying he is "keen on its [SPLM] political
route" and denied that this signals any deterioration in relations with
SPLM and added that the SPLM lost vision after the death it slater
leader John Garang.
It is not clear what prompted the strong remarks by the Eritrean
president against the SPLM. During the 1990's Eritrea hosted the
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) opposed to Khartoum which included
the SPLM and even allowed its fighters to launch attacks in Eastern
Sudan from there.
http://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article31201
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