Dabajo in Khartoum next week after his election as leader of ex-rebel group
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June 25, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A Darfur former rebel faction has chosen
its general commander Bakheit Abdallah Abdel-Karim (Dabajo) to replace
its late leader Mohamed Bashar and announced son arrival to Khartoum
within ten days.
The Justice and Equality Movement-Sudan (JEM-Sudan) faction signed a
peace agreement with the Sudanese government on 6 April but its
president Mohamed Bashar was killed near the common border between
Chad and Sudan on 12 May.
The group accused JEM mainstream group led by Gibril Ibrahim of
killing its leader, saying it aimed to prevent them from implementing
the agreement they inked with Khartoum, and also to dissuade other
rebel groups from joining the peace process.
However, after Bashar death, the group designated Dabajo as acting
leader and said that a new leader will be elected within two months.
It also renewed its commitment to the Doha Document for Peace in
Darfur (DDPD) and the agreement signed with the government.
On Tuesday the group announced that Dajabo has been officially and
unanimously chosen as new chairman of the group and disclosed his
arrival to Khartoum within ten days.
"The general conference today (Tuesday) by an unanimous vote elected
Dabajo as new leader of the movement", said the presidential adviser
Osman Nahar who was speaking with Sudan Tribune from undisclosed place
in North Darfur via a satellite telephone.
He further said that the advance delegation will reach Khartoum within
a week, maximum, to prepare Dabajo’s arrival.
He stressed that the conference, which was attended by all the
military and political leadership as well as local and tribal leaders,
condemned Darfur rebel groups "for spreading terror among civilians"
and reiterated its commitment to prosecute those who killed the
movement’s leaders.
The 6 April peace deal is the second to be signed under the DDPD after
the Liberation and Justice Movement led by Tijani El-Sissi who signed
the first accord on 14 July 2011.
Dabajo, who joined JEM in April 2009, was a former rebel commander in
the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi who signed a peace
agreement with Khartoum in May 2006.
He led the dissident commanders after his relieve from his position as
JEM general commander by Gibril Ibrahim on 9 August 2012. The
dissidence was officialized in September of the same year before to
elect Bashar leader of the group.
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