UN envoy requests concept note for new transitional arrangements in Sudan: FFC

January 16, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The UNITAMS head requested the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) to draft a concept note for the new constitutional declaration to govern the remainder of the transitional period.

The coalition of the pro-democracy forces in Sudan, FFC, elaborated a position paper saying that the UN-facilitated process should lead to establishing a full civilian transitional government without the participation of the coup leaders.

Volker Perthes on Sunday held a virtual meeting with the FFC leadership within the framework of the individual consultations to end the current crisis in Sudan that culminated in the coup of October 25, 2021.

After the meeting with Perthes, Khalid Omer Youssif former Cabinet Affairs Minister and FFC leading member released a statement about the outcome of their discussion with the UN special envoy.

“The UN mission requested a concept note of the new constitutional arrangements under which would be established the full civilian authority proposed by the Forces of Freedom and Change,” Youssif said.

This proposal will be drafted by the FFC through extensive discussions with all the forces of the revolution, he added.

In its position paper filed to the representative of the UN secretary-general, the coalition said they do not want to re-establish the transitional declaration of 2019 which led to the formation of a joint government.

This position actually is a translation of the three no’s slogan raised by the anti-coup protest movement.

The military leaders are accused of ordering the killing of peaceful protesters in June 2019 and after the coup of October last year. Also, they have refused to hand over the chairmanship of the Sovereign Council to the civilians.

Al-Burhan, for his part, accused the FFC forces of using the transitional government to empower their parties. Also, he believes that the army has guardianship of the transition.

Youssif said that the demands of the revolutionary forces that have confronted the coup must be set as a determinant of what results from this process.

“This consultation should not be taken as a means of flooding the scene with facades that reflect the putschists in one way or another,” he emphasized.

(ST)