‘Question is how to govern Sudan’: Malik Agar
The president of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF, a coalition of rebel forces), Malik Agar, described the long-awaited speech delivered by Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir on Monday as “superficial, confounded, and ridiculous”. The speech “foiled even the optimists who still believed in this regime,” the SRF president noted in a statement issued on Wednesday. “It was badly prepared. Clearly the current internal conflicts within the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) have resulted in Al Bashir appearing like a clown. “He could not even read the speech properly, while rambling about initiatives and proposals to solve the crisis in the country.” The SRF rejects, the statement reads, any attempt by the NCP leadership to circumvent the just demands of the Sudanese people for change. The correct approach to resolve the crisis is the explicit recognition of the size of the crisis, and the acceptance of all Sudanese partners on an equal footing. The SRF reiterated its conviction that the solution for the crisis in Sudan begins with ending the wars. The humanitarian crises should be addressed, the root causes of the continuing political crisis, as well as the historically developed grievances about equal citizenship. Democracy, social justice, and the recognition of the right to be different, is what the Sudanese are striving for. The national dialogue, desired by Al Bashir, demands first and for all an immediate granting of all civil freedoms, respect for all human rights, and the release of all political detainees and prisoners. Agar stressed in the statement the importance of a national government. This new transitional government is to convene a constitutional conference on “the central question of how to govern Sudan”. This should be followed by free and fair elections, attended by international monitors. “We can realise a new Sudan when the powers seeking change are cooperating, the citizens step up their peaceful efforts for change, the armed struggle is intensified, and the regional and international pressure is increased. Only in this way we will be able to reach a peaceful, just, and comprehensive solution for the crisis in Sudan. The alternative will be the overthrow of this regime, if it continues with these policies of violence and genocide.” File photo: Malik Agar (Tomo Kriznar) Related: Al Bashir speech disappoints Sudanese (28 January 2014)Sudanese opposition slate Al Bashir speech (28 January 2014)
The president of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF, a coalition of rebel forces), Malik Agar, described the long-awaited speech delivered by Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir on Monday as “superficial, confounded, and ridiculous”.
The speech “foiled even the optimists who still believed in this regime,” the SRF president noted in a statement issued on Wednesday. “It was badly prepared. Clearly the current internal conflicts within the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) have resulted in Al Bashir appearing like a clown. “He could not even read the speech properly, while rambling about initiatives and proposals to solve the crisis in the country.”
The SRF rejects, the statement reads, any attempt by the NCP leadership to circumvent the just demands of the Sudanese people for change. The correct approach to resolve the crisis is the explicit recognition of the size of the crisis, and the acceptance of all Sudanese partners on an equal footing.
The SRF reiterated its conviction that the solution for the crisis in Sudan begins with ending the wars. The humanitarian crises should be addressed, the root causes of the continuing political crisis, as well as the historically developed grievances about equal citizenship. Democracy, social justice, and the recognition of the right to be different, is what the Sudanese are striving for. The national dialogue, desired by Al Bashir, demands first and for all an immediate granting of all civil freedoms, respect for all human rights, and the release of all political detainees and prisoners.
Agar stressed in the statement the importance of a national government. This new transitional government is to convene a constitutional conference on “the central question of how to govern Sudan”. This should be followed by free and fair elections, attended by international monitors.
“We can realise a new Sudan when the powers seeking change are cooperating, the citizens step up their peaceful efforts for change, the armed struggle is intensified, and the regional and international pressure is increased. Only in this way we will be able to reach a peaceful, just, and comprehensive solution for the crisis in Sudan. The alternative will be the overthrow of this regime, if it continues with these policies of violence and genocide.”
File photo: Malik Agar (Tomo Kriznar)
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