The leader of the Hamar tribe, Al Haj Ali Adam Abu Agla, has criticised the composition of the government of the newly created West Kordofan state, announced by state governor Ahmed Khamis last week.

Abu Agla who is also editor-in-chief of the Al Zajil electronic newspaper told Radio Tamazuj that the government of the state should be based on geographical constituencies.    

"For instance, the northern sector is bigger than southern sector, so there should have been an equal power sharing,” he outlined. “We were really perplexed by the government which was announcement last Wednesday.”

Out of the nine ministerial positions, five were allocated to the southern part (Al Fula) and four given to the northern sector (An Nahud).  Of the 16 commissioner positions, 10 have been assigned to Al Fula and six to An Nahud.

"This unequal division displeases a large number of local people in the northern section," the senior journalist explained.

The state of West Kordofan was abolished and its territory divided between the North and South Kordofan states following the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. It was re-established again in July 2013.

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