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Confrontation looms between NCP & SPLM over Southern MPs - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan

Confrontation looms between NCP & SPLM over Southern MPs - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
February 27, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The speaker of the Sudanese parliament Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Tahir has announced that no Southern MP will be allowed to stay whether he is a member of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) or Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM).

The South is set to officially become the world’s newest state next July after the referendum that took place last January showed an overwhelming majority in favor of independence.

The NCP in control of the North has declared that all Southerners in the central government, military and civil service as well as parliament will be dismissed once results are certified.

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