Former rebels get Darfur regional authority and a national ministry
* Article
* Comments (7)
email Email
print Print
pdfSave
separation
increase
decrease
separation
separation
*
*
*
*
July 23, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — The former rebel Liberation and Justice
Movement (LJM) has got the chairmanship of Darfur regional authority
and a national ministry according to an agreement reached with the
Sudanese government.
JPEG - 54.1 kb
LJM chairman Tijani Al Sissi (C) and his deputy Ahemd Abdel Shafi (L)
at the signing ceremony of a peace agreement with the Sudanese
government in Doha on 14 July 2011 (photo Olivier Ghassot - UNAMID)
Khartoum and LJM signed a peace agreement on 14 July in Doha after one
year of talks between the two parties and two years and half since the
start of Doha peace process.
The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), which inaugurated the Doha
forum by signing a goodwill agreement with Khartoum in February 2009,
demands to hold talks on the seven chapters of a framework peace
document but the government refuses.
Amin Hassan Omer Sudan’s top negotiator and Ahmed Abdel Sahafi LJM
Vice-President inked the “Protocol on the Political Participation of
the Liberation and Justice Movement and Integration of its Forces" on
16 July.
According to a copy seen by Sudan Tribune, the chairmanship of Darfur
Regional Authority (DRA), which will supervise the implementation of
the Doha peace deal, is allocated to rebel group.
The former rebels also will get the position of a governor for one of
two additional states to be established in Darfur besides the existing
three states. LJM will also have an assistant and an adviser to DRA
chairperson besides three ministerial positions in the regional
authority.
Regarding the DRA Council, a sort of regional parliament established
by the peace agreement composed of 67 members, LJM will to allocated
17 seats among them the vice-chairperson of the Council.
A military delegation of the former rebels is expected to arrive in
Darfur on 24 July to brief the commanders of the group and their
combatants about the agreement. However, no date has been yet
determined for the return of the LJM political leadership.
The establishment of Darfur regional authority and the two new states
are expected to be signed in Khartoum by the Sudanese president who
will also reshuffle his cabinet.
According to the 16 July agreement, a minister and two state ministers
will be appointed in the new national government.
Sudan Tribune has learned that a similar number of ministerial post in
the national and regional levels is reserved to the Justice and
Equality Movement with the chairmanship of the regional parliament, if
it sign a peace agreement with the national government.
The former rebels have been also allocated six ministers in Darfur
states and twenty six deputies in the state parliaments besides a
number of commissioners.
Sudanese government agreed to appoint a vice-president of the republic
from Darfur but said he would be a member of the ruling National
Congress Party and refused to allocate this position to the western
Sudan region in the new constitution.
Nafei Ali Nafei, the influential presidential assistant, said the
Sudanese army will fight the other groups who refuse to join the peace
agreement. While Ibrahim Gambari, head of Darfur peacekeeping force
and ad interim mediator, called on the Sudanese parties to sign a
truce and to engage peace talks.
(ST)
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD
info" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
