SPLM- Revolutionary Current calls to review Juba pact for peace in Sudan
October 25, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – Revolutionary Democratic Current SPLM-N RDC led by Yasir Arman Monday said favourable for reviewing the Juba Peace Agreement but opposed its cancellation.
The Revolutionary Democratic Current (RDC) amicably spilt from the SPLM-N of Malik Agar last August following a disagreement over the coup d’état that dissolved the civilian-led government.
On Monday, the RDC National Central Council held its first meeting, where the leading members deliberated and endorsed a number of major decisions determining the main features of the newly formed group.
In a statement extended to Sudan Tribune after the meeting, the group said they discussed the Juba peace agreement, which is contested by many political groups, as some call to repeal it while others stress the need to renegotiate some chapters.
“The meeting discussed the Juba Agreement for Peace in Sudan and it was agreed that cancelling it is wrong and keeping it as is not possible,” reads the statement.
However, the participants agreed that the peace deal should be reviewed while preserving the gains of the masses in the war-affected areas and underscored the need to resolve the issue of eastern Sudan.
A committee has been formed to mull over the peace deal and make proposals on how it should be reviewed, announced the signatory group.
Political parties, particularly the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), say the armed groups should be fully disarmed before the general elections at the end of the transition, as the deal provides that the full merger of the armed groups take place after the elections.
Native administrations in eastern Sudan, the Blue Nile area and the Darfur region, particularly in the Jebel Mara area, say the agreement gives power to some ethnic minority groups and call to cancel it.
The leadership council picked Buthina Dinar as the deputy chairperson of the movement.
The military leaders who negotiated the deal with the armed groups did not involve the tribal leaders and other stakeholders in the peace process.
Also, the meeting adopted a strategy to build a democratic movement connecting rural and urban areas, to upgrade the movement’s platform and organizational structures.
The group reiterated its adherence to the New Sudan vision, pointing to the need to ensure the sustainability of civil rule, the separation between religion and state, and building a citizenship state without discrimination.
The leadership council also said they would strive to establish a broad civil front that runs in a unified list in any upcoming elections to complete the goals of the December Revolution through elections and the peaceful transfer of power.
The meeting, in addition, discussed the change of the group name, but the final decision was referred to the national convention.
(ST)