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To: Tommaso who wrote (1153)	6/17/1999 12:16:00 AM
From: LARRY LARSON	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2742

To: Tomas (336 ) From: LARRY LARSON Thursday, Jun 17 1999 12:14AM ET Reply # of 337 Hi Kids- WOW! Sudanese Gov't May Step Down By MOHAMED OSMAN .c The Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The Sudanese government is prepared to relinquish power if that will bring peace, the East African country's vice president said in remarks published Wednesday. ''The government is ready to step down if the chair of power is the only problem our country faces,'' Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha was quoted as saying in the independent newspaper Al-Rai Al-Aam. ''We are confessing loudly that our experience is a human attempt that could be right or wrong,'' Taha was quoted as saying. ''We are ready to discard anything that proves to be wrong.'' Speaking in the eastern town of Kassala on Tuesday, Taha said the government's negotiators would hold fast to its basic principles in talks with the opposition, which are expected to be held in Tripoli, Libya, in July. Libya and Egypt also have recently stepped up their efforts to help end the 16-year civil war in Sudan, which has claimed 1.9 million lives in fighting and consequent famines. The government's basic principles include a legal code based on Shariah, or Islamic law, a federal power-sharing arrangement, and public votes as the final arbiters of constitutional questions. The National Democratic Alliance, whose forces are waging an insurrection in eastern and southern Sudan, have rejected Shariah law and demanded a vote on the issue of independence for southern Sudan. On Tuesday, the alliance issued a statement saying it seeks a political solution to end the civil war, but will continue the military struggle until a deal is reached. The statement was issued in Eritrea at the end of meetings between leaders of the alliance, which groups northern opposition groups seeking the restoration of democracy and southern rebels fighting for autonomy. AP-NY-06-16-99 2132EDT Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.