Bashir: ‘It is not acceptable for Darfuri people to live in the camps’
President Bashir pledged to allow ‘displaced persons and refugees to begin new lives’ as ‘it is not acceptable for Darfuri people to live in the camps’ and continue to rely on humanitarian aid.
He also announced an amnesty for prisoners and convicts belonging to the Liberation and Justice Movement, the rebel group led by the head of the Darfur Regional Authority Tijani Sissi.
The movement signed a ceasefire with the government in March 2010 and participated in the Doha Peace talks, signing a new Darfur Peace Agreement in July 2011.
Addressing a ceremony today at the launch of the DRA, in El Fasher, Bashir said security arrangements will be enforced immediately.
He appealed to rebel groups bearing arms in Darfur to engage in peace.
The president called on all militia groups to disarm. Only security and police authorities will be allowed to carry weapons.
He said those that demand their rights will have to go through the judicial system, rather than fight the government.
Ahmed Shafi, the former deputy chairman of the Liberation and Justice Movement said an amnesty for members of the LJM is only a small division of the all the Sudanese people from various political stances in detention, and therefore discriminatory towards the majority.
Shafi demanded the ruling National Congress Party release all political prisoners and detainees.
IDPs worried about new body
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees considered the launch of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) as a new phase of the genocide in Darfur.
Displaced citizens and refugees from camps in Chad, North, South and West Darfur told Radio Dabanga they felt frustrated and only expect the people of Darfur to suffer more and see their problems exacerbated, especially amongst refugees and those displaced.
They said the Doha agreement will seek to create divisions between Darfuri people.
Displaced camp residents also demanded Tijani Sissi, the head of the DRA, to provide them with security on the ground, disarm all militias and expel those occupying villages and areas belonging to refugees and the displaced.
President Bashir pledged to allow ‘displaced persons and refugees to begin new lives’ as ‘it is not acceptable for Darfuri people to live in the camps’ and continue to rely on humanitarian aid.
He also announced an amnesty for prisoners and convicts belonging to the Liberation and Justice Movement, the rebel group led by the head of the Darfur Regional Authority Tijani Sissi.
The movement signed a ceasefire with the government in March 2010 and participated in the Doha Peace talks, signing a new Darfur Peace Agreement in July 2011.
Addressing a ceremony today at the launch of the DRA, in El Fasher, Bashir said security arrangements will be enforced immediately.
He appealed to rebel groups bearing arms in Darfur to engage in peace.
The president called on all militia groups to disarm. Only security and police authorities will be allowed to carry weapons.
He said those that demand their rights will have to go through the judicial system, rather than fight the government.
Ahmed Shafi, the former deputy chairman of the Liberation and Justice Movement said an amnesty for members of the LJM is only a small division of the all the Sudanese people from various political stances in detention, and therefore discriminatory towards the majority.
Shafi demanded the ruling National Congress Party release all political prisoners and detainees.
IDPs worried about new body
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees considered the launch of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) as a new phase of the genocide in Darfur.
Displaced citizens and refugees from camps in Chad, North, South and West Darfur told Radio Dabanga they felt frustrated and only expect the people of Darfur to suffer more and see their problems exacerbated, especially amongst refugees and those displaced.
They said the Doha agreement will seek to create divisions between Darfuri people.
Displaced camp residents also demanded Tijani Sissi, the head of the DRA, to provide them with security on the ground, disarm all militias and expel those occupying villages and areas belonging to refugees and the displaced.
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