The confrontation between the PPT and UDT was more than simply ideological; it represented different regional identities, with the PPT representing the Christian and animist south and the UDT the Islamic north.
Konfrontationen mellem PPT og UDT var meer end kun ideologisk; det repræsenterede ulige regionale identiteter, hvor PPT var kristne og animistiske i syd og UDT islamiske i nord.