The SPLM has strongly criticized a statement made by the presidential adviser, Salah Gosh, doubting the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration concerning the Abyei boundary.
Over the weekend, Gosh told SUNA that the ruling made by the PCA to redefine the boundaries of Abyei area did not resolve the dispute, Sudan Radio Service reported.
In July 2009, the PCA ruled to redefine the boundaries of Abyei after SPLM and the NCP failed to agree on borders, and referred the case to the Hague-based tribunal.
SPLM senior member, Atem Garang, stressed that if the NCP doubts the PCA’s ruling, SPLM will raise the issue at the UN.
According to the Abyei Protocol in the CPA, the area’s residents are due to vote in a referendum to decide whether to remain part of the north or the south, in case the south opts for secession in a referendum scheduled for January 2011. However, the Abyei Referendum Commission has yet to be formed.