‘Dabjo’ elected new President of JEM-Bashar in Sudan
The Bashar faction of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM-Bashar) has elected Bakhit Abdel Karim Abdallah, also known as Dabjo, as its new leader at an extraordinary conference held on Tuesday at Kascimba in Kutum locality of North Darfur state. The Presidency of the faction, a breakaway from the JEM and signatory to the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), became vacant after the death of its founder, Mohamed Bashar, in a violent clash with mainstream JEM forces on the Sudan-Chad border in May. The political advisor in charge, Osman Nahar, told Radio Dabanga that the election of the President of the faction was unanimous.” It involved all political and military leaders of the faction, the offices inside Sudan and abroad as well as delegations from refugees and the displaced”. Nahar explained that the recommendations of the conference include “continuing forward on the path of the peace process path for which the martyrs of the movement died, and pressurising the Darfuri parties to stop the war, as the tribal bleeding does not serve the cause of the sons of Darfur.” “The conference demanded the intervention of the members to help all the tribes halt the fighting among them, and confirmed the importance of achieving real peace that returns the due rights displaced persons and refugees and realizes security, development and stability. Nahar also he stated that delegates stressed their readiness to complete the peace process. “The head of the movement will fulfil the executive office and the military leadership while the acting leadership willl continue performing their duties until notified otherwise. File photo: Slain JEM-Bashar leader, Mohamed Bashar Related: JEM strongly refutes faction’s account of Chad-Sudan border clash (16 May 2013)‘Deliberate assassination’: Surviving Bashar brother visits burial site in North Darfur (15 May 2013)International condemnation of Sudan DDPD signatory leader’s slaying (15 May 2013)Conflicting reports as JEM-Bashar leader dies near Chad-Sudan border (13 May 2013)
The Bashar faction of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM-Bashar) has elected Bakhit Abdel Karim Abdallah, also known as Dabjo, as its new leader at an extraordinary conference held on Tuesday at Kascimba in Kutum locality of North Darfur state.
The Presidency of the faction, a breakaway from the JEM and signatory to the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), became vacant after the death of its founder, Mohamed Bashar, in a violent clash with mainstream JEM forces on the Sudan-Chad border in May.
The political advisor in charge, Osman Nahar, told Radio Dabanga that the election of the President of the faction was unanimous.” It involved all political and military leaders of the faction, the offices inside Sudan and abroad as well as delegations from refugees and the displaced”.
Nahar explained that the recommendations of the conference include “continuing forward on the path of the peace process path for which the martyrs of the movement died, and pressurising the Darfuri parties to stop the war, as the tribal bleeding does not serve the cause of the sons of Darfur.”
“The conference demanded the intervention of the members to help all the tribes halt the fighting among them, and confirmed the importance of achieving real peace that returns the due rights displaced persons and refugees and realizes security, development and stability.
Nahar also he stated that delegates stressed their readiness to complete the peace process. “The head of the movement will fulfil the executive office and the military leadership while the acting leadership willl continue performing their duties until notified otherwise.
File photo: Slain JEM-Bashar leader, Mohamed Bashar
Related:
JEM strongly refutes faction’s account of Chad-Sudan border clash (16 May 2013)
‘Deliberate assassination’: Surviving Bashar brother visits burial site in North Darfur (15 May 2013)
International condemnation of Sudan DDPD signatory leader’s slaying (15 May 2013)
Conflicting reports as JEM-Bashar leader dies near Chad-Sudan border (13 May 2013)
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