English edition - September - October 2003

Arbitration Initiatives rejected by the governement
 

Part One: Power Sharing
The institution of the Presidency is to discharge its duties in a collegial manner. The President, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces will be the President already in office. He will be elected in a national vote. The chairman of the SPLM is Commander in Chief of the future Southern Army (SPLAF); He will hold the office of the head of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) and be Vice President of the Republic. The President will make decisions on the following matters in deliberation with the Vice President: declaration and ending of states of emergency and of national defense; the nomination of judges, ministers, and members of the national commissions; the summoning and proroguing of the national legislature. However, the Vice President will not  become President in the case of vacancy.

Seat of Government and National Representation
Khartoum City, located within the present capitol will be home to the government and its diverse national representatives. It will be an entity in its own right and not part of any federation of States and administered by laws reflecting the cultural diversity of Sudan drawn up by the National Assembly. The National Assembly will be responsible for the administration of the national capitol. [Although it hasn’t been explicitly declared that the capitol will be secular, it has been perceived as such from the text]
Percentages
A national census will take place before the elections and a Commission for Public Function will take place. No less than 20% of upper and midlevel posts will be awarded to Southerners and the aim after 5 years will be 25% to 35% of these postings.
Educational opportunities will be given to Southerners affected by the war so as to facilitate their access to positions of responsibility.
A bicameral National Legislature will be comprised of the National Assembly and the Council of States.
In the time period before elections, seats in the National Assembly will be held by 66,6% of people from the North and 33,3% from the South. Among the 66% from the North, 51% will be drawn from the present Assembly and 15.6% from factions or parties, which have had no representatives to date. In the 33% granted to Southerners, 26% will be named by the SPLA/M and 7.3% will come from outside parties or persons already holding a seat.
Until elections, the Council of States will be composed of two representatives from each state. There are 16 states in the North and 10 States in the South.
A Majority of 75% from both houses is necessary to amend the peace accord, a majority of 66.6% is needed to ratify any matter affecting the States interests and a simple majority pertains to all other affairs.
As to the appointment of cabinet posts and portfolios including “sovereign ministries” 25% will go to the SPLA/M, 50% to members of the National Congress and 50% (sic) to the representatives of other parties.
Until elections, governors will be chosen by the national legislature and the presidential team will chose from among the candidates, the President preference being chosen for naming Northern Governors and the Vice President’s for the Southern Governors.
Inclusion Northern and Southern State administrative bodies along with national government bodies will include members from parties and forces other than those who signed the   Peace Agreement.
A National Border Commission will present the finalized borders in conformity with those existing 1/1/56 to the National Legislature.
Amnesty   Compensation will be entailed for all those who suffered loses during the years of conflict.

Part Two: The Division of Resources
Overall macro-economic strategy shall be the responsibility of the national government which will allocate funds to the government of the South. Southern Sudan should be brought up to the same socioeconomic level as the North. Transparency will color all financial dealings, and the national government will not withhold sums of money due to the South. The Constitutional Court will rule in cases of financial allocation disaccord.
Property laws will be based amongst others on local custom. Those persons holding legal tenure to land have a right to its underground resources, as does the State in which the land is located.
A percentage of 48% of the revenue generated by underground resources will go to the government of the South and the rest to the national government.
The Central government shall transfer no less than 35 billion Sudanese dinars annually to the government of the South.
The Central Bank of Sudan shall formulate and effectuate the financial policy for the country: it will establish a bank in Southern Sudan run by a deputy governor to be named by the Southern government and approved by the Central Bank in the North; sole currency will be used throughout the country; the Southern government may borrow from foreign sources.
Two foundations will be created for reconstruction and development, one for the South and its people and the other in the North for the South and less developed areas in the North.  

Part Three: Security Arrangements
The SAF and the SPLA will maintain their respective troops during the interim period, with financing coming from Khartoum. [However no base of operations has been stipulated.] Each party will be responsible for its paramilitary forces and must respect human rights. Both armies are subject to the same code of conduct under the authority of a Joint Defense Board. They may unite to form Joint/Integrated Units.

Additional Stipulations: the Three Marginalized Areas
Abyei will hold a referendum before the Southern referendum in order to decide if it will become part of the North or the South. During the interim period, the national government according to an annual timetable will transfer 1.2 to 1.5 billion Sudanese dinars for its depense budget and 0.9 to 1.8 billion dinars for reconstruction and development.
The Nuba Mountains will have its own assembly and council of ministers answerable to this assembly along with other appropriate administrative bodies. On an annual basis, the National government will transfer between 4.5 to 5.7 billion dinars for reconstruction and development projects.
Blue Nile State will have its own assembly and council of ministers. According to an annual timetable the central government will transfer between 3.5 and 4.4 billion dinars for budgetary expenditures and between 0.8 and 3 billion dinars for reconstruction and development.
 
 


 
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