SRF rebels call on Sudanese to overthrow Bashir’s regime
June 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The alliance of the rebel Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) urged the Sudanese people to rise up against the regime of president Omer Al-Bashir, saying it is weakened by its internal divisions.
The SRF launched its call after a meeting held on Sunday by its crisis management committee to assess the situation in the country after Bashir’s decision to shut down the flow of South Sudanese oil and accused Juba of supporting rebel groups.
SRF rebels who fight against Khartoum in the southern and western Sudanese states said Bashir “reckless decision” to stop oil flow reveals the deep crisis of a regime which manages to maintain itself in power by fabricating perpetual crises.
“The regime is impotent and experiencing a deep crisis and internal divisions”, said the SRF statement, adding that “Sudanese have to bring down the regime as it is in its weakest conditions”. The rebels further called to intensify struggle by “all means” stressing that “the fall down of the regime will open a new page for peace, liberty, justice and democracy”.
The opposition alliance National Consensus Forces (NCF) said Saturday they endorsed a 100-day plan to bring down the regime, and called on the Sudanese people to take the street peacefully against the regime.
NCF chairmen, Faroul Abu Essa, pointed out that the SRF remains an “strategic ally” in their struggle against the regime, despite their position against the use of arms in their struggle for democracy.
The SRF rebels vowed to support the efforts of political opposition forces to overthrow the regime through peaceful action and called on their supporters to participate actively in any no-violent protest to topple the regime.
The rebels also called to unify all the efforts under one banner reminding the role of the Sudanese street to bring down the two military regimes of Aboud in October 1964 and Neimiri in April 1985.
The insurgents intend to control different provinces before to attack Khartoum, but the opposition parties said they are not supportive of this military plan. Also the two sides failed to reach a compromise over the future of the country in term of constitutional principles and regional administrative system but agreed to hold a constitutional conference to discuss all these matters.
The SRF also asked the African Union and the international community to support regime change in Sudan as the only viable solution for a sustainable peace in the country and good relations with South Sudan.
The Sudanese opposition and the rebel groups are close to the ruling party in Juba which was their ally in the past before to vote for an independent state. However the opposition and rebel forces did not define a clear position on how to settle Abyei issue and other border disputed areas. They only call for peaceful coexistence and a confederal system between the two nations.
The regional and international communities announced their support to negotiated agreements with the rebel groups and another process to ensure a democratic transition to implemented by an AU panel chaired by the former South African president Thabo Mbeki.
(ST)