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| Bashir dissolves Sudan govt ahead of new line-up |
| 2010-05-31 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] President Omar al-Bashir dissolved the Sudanese government on Sunday four days after he was sworn in for a new term, ahead of the formation of a fresh cabinet line-up. "President Bashir decided to dissolve the government formed after the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Accord (between Khartoum and southern rebels) ahead of a broader cabinet," said Omar Mohammed Saleh, a government spokesman. The minister of state for cabinet affairs, Kamal Abdellatif, will also keep his post until the formation of a new team including the various factions which contested April's general election, the spokesman said. Bashir's decision was announced at a meeting of the outgoing cabinet. Negotiations are underway between Bashir's National Congress Party which swept the election and the ex-rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to bring smaller factions loyal to the regime into a new cabinet line-up. Last month's legislative, presidential and local elections were a key part of a 2005 peace agreement that put an end to a devastating two-decade civil war with the SPLM. Bashir was declared winner in the April 11-15 election with 67 percent of the presidential vote, but the polls were marred by accusations of fraud and logistical problems. His re-election for another five-year term was virtually guaranteed after the withdrawal of his two main challengers ahead of polling day. Observers from the European Union and the Carter Centre monitoring the elections said after the vote that it had failed to reach international standards. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 In Great Soviet Sudan, dissolve goverment has different meaning. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-05-31 07:31 |