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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Commissioner seeks delay in South Sudan independence vote Reuters - Sunday, August 8 Send IM Story Print By Khaled Abdelaziz KHARTOUM - South Sudan's referendum on independence must either be delayed or some arrangements will have to be skipped, as time is too short to hold the vote as required, a referendum commission member said on Saturday. The January 9, 2011 vote is the climax of a 2005 peace deal which ended Africa's longest civil war fought on and off since 1955 between the mainly Muslim north and the south, which follows mostly traditional beliefs or Christianity. Oil, ethnicity and ideology also fuelled the conflict. Most analysts believe the south will vote to secede. Semi-autonomous south Sudan's ruling party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement , opposes any delay to the plebiscite. The referendum commission was appointed at the end of June more than two years late with still no agreement on the key executive secretary-general position. "The remaining time is not enough to hold the referendum," commission member Tarig Osman told Reuters. He said the registration of voters should be completed and published three months before the plebiscite according to the referendum law, and that was impossible in the time left. "We have only two choices -- skip some of the procedures, which would be unacceptable because it could affect the endorsement of the referendum," Osman said. "The other choice is a limited delay to the referendum timetable to complete the procedures." The delay would last no longer than six months, he added. The northern National Congress Party and the SPLM have stalled over agreeing post-referendum arrangements including demarcating the border, defining citizenship and sharing Sudan's oil wealth, mostly located along the disputed border. The NCP says the border must be decided ahead of the vote whereas the SPLM rejects any conditions to the plebiscite, accusing the NCP of deliberate delays to derail it. Many fear delays or obscurity surrounding the plebiscite could reignite Sudan's civil war, which claimed an estimated 2 million lives, mostly by hunger and disease, and destabilised the east African region. The north-south partners have argued over every stage of implementing the 2005 deal, which was meant to ensure democratic transformation in a united Sudan with two different systems of rule for north and south. After constant delays over implementing the deal and flawed April elections in both the north and south, SPLM officials have been making increasingly secessionist remarks. Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Divided Ivory Coast marks 50 years of independence AFP - 2 hours 57 minutes ago Campbell "dirty stones" are diamonds: SAfrica police AFP - Sunday, August 8 In Chile, desperate search continues for trapped miners AFP - 5 minutes ago Eight dead as floods sweep central Europe AFP - 33 minutes ago UK-World Summary Reuters - 33 minutes ago News Search Top Stories Sauna contest in Finland cut short as Russian dies Massive ice island breaks off Greenland glacier Michelle Obama tours medieval Spanish town of Ronda 'Radioactive boars' on loose in Germany Laxman hits ton to secure India Test win More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended HP boss resigns amid sexual harassment claims Massive ice island breaks off Greenland glacier Wyclef Jean flying to Haiti to announce presidential run US economy sheds 131,000 jobs 'Radioactive boars' on loose in Germany More Most Viewed » Parachuting donkey shocks Russian beachgoers Argentine students crack three-decade-old murder mystery 40 US billionaires pledge half wealth to charity World's first full face transplant man appears on TV Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo! Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Asia Entertainment Photos World Cup 2010 Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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