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Kauda / Ajuong Thok / Addis Ababa / Khartoum – The Nuba people in South Kordofan and South Sudan refugee camps have widely welcomed the Declaration of Principles, signed by Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and rebel leader Abdelaziz El Hilu in Addis Ababa on Thursday.
People in Kauda, the stronghold of the El Hilu faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in South Kordofan, and in the Ajuong Thok refugee camps in South Sudan, celebrated the signs on Saturday.
Kajo Shayen, head of Nuba civil society organizations in South Kordofan, told Radio Dabanga that he considers the agreement between Hamdok and El Hilu “a courageous and important step to address the roots of Sudanese problems in a transparent and sincere way. “.
We all hope that the two sides will soon enter into direct negotiations based on the six principles agreed in Addis Ababa, to achieve a just and comprehensive peace that meets the demands of the Sudanese people, addresses the grievances of marginalized peoples in the country, and guarantees freedom. religious and other basic freedoms, “he said.
Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok told top members of the Sudanese Professionals Association, the driving force behind the revolution, yesterday that he spoke with Abdelwahid El Nur, head of Sudan’s main liberation movement in Darfur, during his meeting with El Hilu in Addis Ababa last week. .
Hamdok did not provide any details, but described the phone call as “positive.”
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Sudan’s two largest parties for decades, the National Umma Party (NUP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), have also welcomed the Addis Ababa agreement.
The Communist Party of Sudan signed a political statement with SPLM-N El Hilu in the Ethiopian capital on Sunday. In the document signed by Mohamed Mukhtar El Khateeb, political secretary of the Communist Party, and Abdelaziz El Hilu, the two parties agree that they oppose the inclusion of religion in politics.
Furthermore, they emphasized that the future constitution and other new laws should not repeal the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international and regional conventions. The new constitution must guarantee full equality for all Sudanese, based on citizenship, respect for beliefs and traditions, and regardless of religion, race, gender, culture or language.
The two sides also agreed to work together “to protect the people’s right to change and freedom, and to complete the tasks of the revolution.”
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