Sudan’s ruling party says committed to implement Doha agreement for peace in Darfur
July 24, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s ruling Party reaffirmed its commitment to implement the Doha peace agreement sealed with the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) and minimized the deal refusal by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).
However, the over two-year negotiations between le government and JEM are stalled over the rebels’ demand to open the seven chapters of a framework peace agreement for new talks. As the two parties now trade accusations and threats of military action against each other.
Ghazi Salah Al-Deen presidential adviser tasked with Darfur file Sunday briefed the political secretariat of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) about the Doha agreement with LJM. He also reiterated the government’s keenness to implement it.
The presidential adviser stressed government’s keenness to mobilize and provide all the means to ensure the implementation of the peace agreement in the maximum possible time. He also promised to mobilise all material and political energies to enforce the deal, said Qutbi Mahdi, head of NCP political secretariat after the meeting.
The NCP official further said that the ruling party emphasized the need to implement the deal particularly development projects, individual compensations and the power sharing as well as all the items that have been agreed in Doha with the LJM.
The Doha agreement provides to establish a regional authority in Darfur to supervise the implementation of the agreement. It also provide to pay 600 USD to every affected family and two billion dollars for development projects. The deal also provides the creation of special courts to deal with the war crimes. It also stipulate the organisation of a referendum on Darfur administrative status.
LJM according to a political deal signed with the government will chair the Darfur Regional Authority and will participate in the national government with a minister and two state ministers. The former rebels also will appoint a governor in one of two new states to be established soon in the region, six state ministers and a number of commissioners in Darfur.
Amin Hassan Omer, government’s top negotiator in the peace process minimized JEM rejection to join the Doha peace deal saying the situation now in Darfur is different from the past period in term of security and development.
He also accused JEM of stalling the peace process. He stressed that the Doha agreement is the foundation for a lasting peace in Darfur, saying it discussed all issues of dispute.
Today JEM Presidential Affairs Secretary Mansour Arbab slammed Khartoum refusal to open direct talks with his group and warned that the rebel group will attack Khartoum again as it had did in May 2008. ” Because we have do not have other option,” he said adding that the “Doha agreement has died”.
Presidential Assistant Nafei Ali Nafei yesterday refused the rebel demand to open the Doha peace framework document for new talks. The Sudanese official also challenged the rebels saying the will be defeated if they try to overthrow the regime.
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