The First Vice President of the Republic and the President of the Government of South Sudan (GOSS), Salva Kiir Mayardit, has reiterated the SPLM position that it will not rejoin the Government of National Unity unless pending issues on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).

Speaking to the press in Juba on Monday, Kiir said that the SPLM would not allow the CPA to collapse.

he called on the Sudanese Nation to remain calm, saying there is no return to war.

In his three-minute statement, Kiir stressed that the National Congress Party (NCP) should accept the report of the Abyei Boundary Commission and the demarcation of the South-North borderline.

Salva Kiir said that these are the demands of the SPLM.

The SPLM secretary general, Pagan Amum, said that his possessed enough tools to force the NCP to yeild to their demands.

Among the tools as he put is the mobilization of the Sudanese people to confront the NCP's delaying tactics.

In Khartoum, the deputy secretary general of the SPLM, Yasir Arman, pinned the blame for the current crisis on the NCP.

He stressed that the SPLM has started taking steps towards submitting a protest to the UN Security Council.

"We will suspend our participation until final solutions are made to the outstanding issues," said Arman.

He added, "otherwise it is natural that there is many international concern institutions will give consideration, above all the UN Security Council".

The Deputy Speaker of the National Interim Assembly and a leading SPLM figure, Atim Garang, told Miraya FM that a decision to suspend the movement's participation in the parliament remains possible.

He said that this depends on the speech of President Al-Bashir to the parliament, if it does not include an initiative from the the NCP to solve the current crisis between the two partners.

"As the President is going to address the Nation and as the President of the Nation, then we are quite sure he will mention a lot of issues which are of concern to the Sudanese people," said Garang.

He added that, "but if he is going to address as a President of the NCP, then that is a different issue and we will decide...".

The speech of Al-Bashir to the parliament is expected to touch many current issues such as the situation in Darfur, the elections, and census.

The Vice President of the Republic, Ali Osman Mohammed Taha, had earlier condemned the SPLM decision to suspend its participation in the Government of National Unity.

The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) said that it made inquiries from the SPLM and the NCP regarding their opinions on how to resolve their differences.

The UNMIS spokeswoman, Radhia Achouri, said that the Mission is ready to assist the two partners in resolving their crisis.

She said that the UN does not interfere in any file that the two partners do not want interference in, adding that the UN encourages them to have dialogues.