Non-signatories say framework agreement will not bring stability, might lead to separation
December 5, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The leaders of a coalition opposed to the framework agreement renewed their rejection of the deal describing it as an exclusionary pact that will not achieve stability and may lead to a new secession in Sudan.
Minni Minnawi leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement and Gibril Ibrahim of the Justice and Equality Movement denounced the Political Framework Agreement signed by the forces of the revolution and transition and the military component
The leaders of the National Consensus Forces rejected the constitutional proposals of the Sudanese Bar Association because it ends the partnership with the military component and called to review the Juba Peace Agreement.
“The exclusionary bilateral framework agreement, signed some time ago, is far from a national consensus that achieves the stability of the transitional period and will not lead to free and fair elections in the future,” said Ibrahim in a tweet posted after the signing ceremony.
The leader of the Justice and Equality Movement also went on to criticize the Forces for Freedom and Change, saying that they are not qualified to achieve a democratic transition because they are not democratic in their essence.
For his part, Minnawi said this agreement would split Sudan ad it was the case for the Addis Ababa agreement between the Sudanese government and the former Southern Sudanese rebel Ananya group in 1972.
“The exclusionary agreement, imposed on the (FFC) Central Council and the military component, if its signatories did not realize, would be a dividing line between permanent and temporary unity, as happened in the Addis Ababa agreement,” he wrote on Twitter on Monday.
General al-Burhan in a series of TV statements stated that the non-signatories have personnel issues with the signatories adding that they share the same principles of the framework agreement.
He further called for national unity to achieve the tasks of the transition, adding that their desire to lead instead of the others is harmful to the political process and the future of the transitional period.
(ST)