Sudan’s FFC deny siding with RSF commander against army leaders
March 6, 2023 (KHARTOUM) – The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) denied siding with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over the Sudanese army in the recent rift between them about the implementation of the political framework agreement.
Recently, there were rumours in Khartoum about an undeclared alliance between the RSF commander and the FFC leaders to press the head of the Sovereign Council and the commander of the Sudanese army to hand over power in line with the agreement.
In response to these claims, Khalid Omer, the official spokesman for the civilian forces in the political process, refuted these rumours and accused the forces of the former regime of seeking to widen the gap between the civilian forces signatories of the framework agreement and the army.
“This is a lie propagated by the forces associated with the former regime because they seek to incite the army to clash with the RSF in order to return to power again,” said Omer in an interview with Al-Jazeera TV on Monday evening.
He added that the multiplicity of armies in Sudan was not created by the forces of freedom and change, but by the former regime.
“It was the former regime that created parallel armies to the detriment of the national army in order to stay in power,” he stressed.
He further reiterated their demand to correct this anomaly and adherence to the unity of the Sudanese army through negotiated mechanisms in accordance with the principles endorsed in the framework agreement.
The RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Hemetti openly disagreed with the army leadership over their demand to include more political forces and before condemned the coup d’état of October 25, 2021, saying it was a mistake.
His statements angered General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Head of the Sovereign Council and Commander in Chief of the Sudanese army who called for a merger of the paramilitary force.
Omer disclosed that consultations are taking place between the civil forces, the army, and the Rapid Support Forces in order to develop a political framework for organizing the security and defence sector reform workshop.
“We are making progress, and now we are closer to reaching an agreement formula,” he added.
“We are making progress, and now we are closer to reaching the formula of the agreement,” he said.
In a related development, the tripartite mechanism and the Supreme Committee for Justice and Transitional Justice set next Saturday, March 11, for the launch of the justice and transitional justice workshops.
The organizers will hold six regional workshops on justice and transitional justice, from 11 to 14 March. After that, they will hold a general conference in Khartoum.
(ST)