LJM rebels support Doha draft agreement for peace in Darfur
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April 30, 2011 (DOHA) — A Darfur rebel group, Liberation and Equality
Movement (LJM) defended the draft peace agreement negotiated with the
Sudanese government in Doha describing it as reasonable agreement
bringing a acceptable solutions to a wide range of disputed issues.
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Joint Chief Mediator Bassolé (L) and Qatar’s Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs Al-Mahmoud walk after a meeting with Sudan President
Omar Hassan al-Bashir in Khartoum Nov 27, 2010 - (Reuters)
The mediation on 27 April handed a draft peace agreement to the
Sudanese government, LJM and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)
urging to give their response before the 7 May. the six-chapters deal
provides to appoint a vice-president and a number of national
ministers from Darfur, and establishes during the interim period a
regional authority as Darfur people have to decide by referendum the
administrative status of their region one year before the elections.
Considering that the agreement was mainly negotiated by LJM and
Khartoum, JEM demanded to hold direct talks with the Sudanese
government over some issues, as Darfur status, security arrangements,
wealth sharing; and human rights, before to give its response.
JEM spokesperson, Gibreel Adam Bilal in statements posted on the
official website of the rebel group, criticized the solutions proposed
by the draft agreement on the integration of the rebel combattants in
the national army, the wealth sharing , the administrative status of
Darfur.
"The draft agreement which reflected the spirit of the talks, takes in
account all the observations raised against it. One of the major
achievements of the draft deal that Darfur will be represented by a
vice-president on the national level," said Tadjadine Bechir Niam, LJM
top negotiator who regretted to to unveil some details of the
agreement before its signing.
Niam said that two billion USD are allocated for Darfur reconstruction
and development , denying allegations that the draft agreement
assigned only 150 million dollars for the Darfur Reconstruction And
Development Fund (DRDF).
Gibreel in his statements said that Abuja agreement of 2006 allotted
700 million dollar while the draft of peace accords proposed only 150
million dollars for the DRDF.
The Sudanese parties also agreed for the first time during the Doha
talks on the principles of individual compensations, a matter that
Khartoum refused to admit during the Abuja negotiations.
On the disputed power sharing file, Niam disclosed that the proposed
peace agreement establishes a regional authority composed of executive
and legislative organs with their specific competences in the areas of
peace implementation, economic development, land planning and human
rights.
The current regional authority established in 2007, in accordance of
Darfur Peace Agreement, is tasked with the implementation of Abuja
agreement and is considered as means to boost the cooperation between
the state governments in North, South and west Darfur.
On the security arrangements and particularly the integration of the
rebel fighters in the Sudanese army, the LJM top negotiator stressed
that the proposed agreement does not endorse he norm followed by the
Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in the enrollment of the would-be-former
rebels.
"We all know this is an exceptional situation implying the adoption of
special measures in this regard. So, the draft (of the peace
agreement) even provides that a number of former combatants will
occupy high positions in the commandment of the army and police," he
said.
Becoming an officer in the SAF requires special qualifications and
training that most of the rebel commanders did not follow.
The integration of the SLM combatants in the Sudanese army was one of
the cause the led Minni Minnawi to denounce the 2006 Abuja peace pact.
The former presidential assistant who turned rebel again in December
2010, accused Khartoum of refusing to integrate his commanders at the
level of SAF higher commandment.
Niam said the agreement proposed by the mediation organizes the
disbarment and disbandment of the government militias immediately
after the signing of the peace agreement in order to create a
favourable conditions for the settlement of the eight year conflict.
The Sudanese government last December rejected proposals to establish
a regional authority or to appoint a vice-president from Darfur.
Presidential adviser in charge of Darfur file Ghazi Salah Al-Deen said
determined to hold another process in Darfur between tribal leaders,
civil society groups and elected organs to bring peace in the region.
The mediation will hold a Darfur stakeholders conference on 18 May to
debate and endorse the draft peace agreement. The mediator Djibril
Bassolé, said he will be in Doha next week to bridge the difference
between the government and the rebel groups before the general
conference.
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