Arman picked leader of the SPLM-Revolutionary Democratic Current
August 21, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – SPLM-N cadres opposed to the October 25 coup, chose Yasir Arman as interim chairman of the newly established SPLM-Revolutionary Democratic Current (RDC) three days after announcing the agreement between him and Malik Agar to “separate amicably.”
On August 18, the two SPLM-N leaders released a joint statement announcing their agreement to separate, saying that “issues of disagreement are fundamental and deep between them”, as they adopted diametrically opposed positions from the overthrow of the civilian-led government.
SPLM-RDC leader told Al-Jazeera TV on Sunday night; He “accepted, by being chosen as head of the People’s Liberation Movement – the Democratic Revolutionary Movement, a nomination from 19 organizational bodies.”
Yasser Arman told Al Jazeera TV on Sunday night that “He accepted his selection as the acting Chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – the Revolutionary Democratic Current, after his nomination by 19 organizational bodies.”
He pointed out that the nascent movement adopts the “New Sudan Project”, as it supports the causes of all Sudanese and is heading towards the street, in reference to their support for peaceful protests against the coup.
Arman said the disagreement with Agar was “deep and substantial” about the coup, stressing that the two groups “share common goals, as we support the (Juba) peace agreement and the implementation of security arrangements.”
“We do not want to get into any friction with the SPLM-N led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu or by Malik Agar. Maybe one day we will meet in support of the people,” Arman further said.
After the separation, Agar had demanded the membership of the SPLM-N Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SPLM-N SRF) not to be dragged into disagreements with the other side.
In a related development, 33 members from the SPLM-N leadership council, general secretariat, and heads of the Movement’s branches at the state level and abroad including the Minister Of Federal Government Buthaina Dinar who resigned recently issued a statement announcing the establishment of the SPLM-RDC.
They further said they tasked Arman with the group’s leadership for one year until the general conference. The group further decided to continue working under the Manifesto and constitution of the SPLM-N of 2019.
The statement also announced the formation of a leadership council from the movement leaders and gave the acting chairperson the power to appoint new members to this council.
The signatories affirmed their commitment to the Juba peace agreement and to the rights of displaced persons and refugees in the war-affected areas, “while stressing that the agreement is inseparable from its constitutional framework represented by the constitutional declaration that was torn apart by the coup,” reads the statement.
There were no reactions from the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) about the “amicable split” of the group.
It is not clear if the SPLM-RDC would be represented in the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (RSF), a coalition of armed groups signatory to the Juba peace agreement.
Also, in the case of the formation of a civilian-led government, it is not clear how the two groups would be represented.
(ST)