South Sudan: Peace initiative welcoming the displaced in Darfur by the rebel leader of Slm

09/17/2020 World



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Kalma / Khartoum / El Fasher – Displaced people in Darfur have declared their full support for the peace initiative proposed by the head of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-AW), Abdelwahid El Nur. A high-level delegation from the rebel alliance of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) is scheduled to arrive in Khartoum today.

The Darfur General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees has started consulting people in the camps on the proposal of rebel leader Abdelwahid El Nur to have an internal dialogue on the peace process, Yagoub Abdallah, head of the General Coordination told Radio of Displaced Persons and Refugees from Darfur. Dabanga on Wednesday.

“We found 100 percent support for the initiative among displaced people in the five Darfur states,” Abdallah said.

“People consider internal dialogue to be a real, correct and radical approach to resolve the Sudanese identity crisis and achieve lasting peace. We all hope that the Khartoum government will also respond positively to the initiative,” he said.

“An internal dialogue gives them the opportunity to be heard, as most of them cannot travel to Khartoum or abroad. They have no identity or travel documents. Furthermore, insecurity in the region also makes their travel difficult,” he said the displaced leader. explained.

“The voice of the displaced will only become clear until we all come together as Sudanese, including representatives of displaced people and refugees at an agreed location, to answer this question and participate in the drafting of the country’s constitution accordingly. “, said. set.

Governance

“The most basic question is how Sudan will be governed,” he said. “Who governs Sudan is not important to the displaced, but what is necessary and crucial is to agree on how the country will be governed,” he explained.

Regarding allegations that the Darfur General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees is affiliated with SLM-AW, Abdallah said that “the displaced listen to anyone who cares about human rights. As El Nur is now such a person, we all support your initiative for internal dialogues on the peace process.

“Now we are waiting for the head of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Abdelwahid El Nur, to present the program of dialogue from within, and we are ready to participate.”

‘Who rules Sudan is not important to us, but what is crucial is how the country will be run’ – Darfur displaced ‘

Abdelwahid El Nur, founder and head of the Sudan Liberation Movement, which still has strongholds in Jebel Marra in central Darfur, did not join the peace talks in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, in September of the year. past.

The Nur, known as a “serial naysayer,” adheres to his position that he will only join the negotiations after security and stability have been achieved in the conflict-ravaged western region of Sudan. The displaced still complain about attacks on civilians in Darfur.

However, after peace negotiations with members of the Sudan Revolutionary Front alliance of six rebel groups progressed well, pressure on El Nur to join the peace negotiations increased. Earlier this year, he proposed internal dialogue to the Darfur General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees as an alternative to peace talks.

For this reason, El Nur, who resides in the French capital Paris, where he met visiting Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok in October last year, would be prepared to return to Sudan and attend the Darfur internal dialogue. Had it not been for the COVID-19 lockdown, it would have arrived in Khartoum months ago, sources say.

On September 6, a week after the Sudanese government and members of the Sudan Revolutionary Front alliance signed the comprehensive peace agreement with their initials in Juba, hundreds of displaced people in Central Darfur took to the streets in protest against the peace agreement.

All the Darfur accords that have been signed so far boil down to “negotiating the rights of the displaced,” a camp leader told Radio Dabanga. He said they do not feel represented in the agreement and continue to support El Nur.

Khartoum

A high-level delegation from the SRF * rebel alliance is scheduled to arrive in Khartoum today.

The delegation, headed by Yasir Arman, is made up of members of nine committees, three of which are chaired by women. Among the 36 people in the delegation, nine are women.

Ibrahim Zariba, official spokesman for the delegation, told Radio Dabanga that the delegation will hold meetings with the Sovereign Council and the Council of Ministers. They also planned to visit several Sudanese states.

We intend to mobilize official and popular support and strengthen the alliance with the Forces of Freedom and Change, Resistance Committees, women’s and youth groups and political forces of the country, to make the peace agreement a reality and build a broad social base. . to complete the tasks of the revolution and make the transition period a success, “he said.

A delegation from the South Sudanese mediation team is already in Khartoum, in preparation for the final signing of the comprehensive peace agreement in Juba on 3 October.

Team Leader Tut Galuak delivered official invitations from South Sudan President Salva Kiir to Sovereign Council Chairman Lieutenant General Abdelfattah El Burhan and Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok to attend the signing ceremony.

Galuak told reporters in Khartoum that he discussed with Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’, vice president of the Sovereignty Council and commander of the Rapid Support Forces militia, the ongoing arrangements to form various committees for the implementation of the agreement. peace.

He hopes that separate peace talks with the Northern faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu) will soon resume. He added that the mediation team adheres to the Juba Declaration of Principles signed by the negotiating parties in September last year.