Seemingly, the SPLM is suffering from the elections phobia. After the failure of its previous attempts to obstruct the fifth population census, which represents the primary stage of the election process, the SPLM is trying to put obstacles before approval of the election act, proposed to be submitted to the Sudanese parliament for approval.
SPLM leader Yassir Arman has said that his movement has concerns that the National Congress will utilize its majority in the parliament to approve the act without the consensus of the political powers. News sources said.
Arman has said that his movement sees no problem in extending the current parliamentary session so that the political forces are able to reach consensus on the act.
Probably, the consensus of the political forces on the election act was not the real reason behind the SPLM desire to extend the parliamentary session because it is impossible to reach such consensus.
The National Commission for constitution review have failed to unify the views of the political forces a matter which proves difficulty of reaching such consensus.
Obviously, the SPLM, which concentrated on South Sudan issues alone and ignored the national issues, has fears that it might lose the coming elections.