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Post-War Phase: Attempts to Agree on a National Project

Sudan Events – Agencies

After months of political stagnation and military escalation, Sudanese forces have intensified consultations to propose a national project for the post-war phase, attempting to answer the questions of the next day. Meanwhile, the African Union called on the Sudanese parties to meet in Addis Ababa to agree on a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue.

However, observers rule out the possibility of the Sudanese factions agreeing on answers to the questions of the post-war period, believing that the current crisis has created a new alignment, similar to what occurred before the war, which will complicate the political scene in the country.

Accumulated Efforts
A diplomatic source revealed to Al Jazeera Net that the African Union’s Peace and Security Council will hold an extraordinary summit in mid-February regarding Sudan, noting that it will take place at the level of heads of state and governments. The summit aims to evaluate the current situation in Sudan, discuss rapidly evolving developments, and create a roadmap to achieve a ceasefire.

Additionally, the head of the African Union Mechanism for Conflict Resolution in Sudan, Mohamed Ben Chambas, is organizing consultations with Sudanese factions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from February 19 to 21, for final discussions on the arrangements for the start of Sudanese political dialogue.

The African Union had held extensive consultations in July and August of last year, during which the first round included political forces supporting the army, who approved a document containing their vision for the Sudanese dialogue’s agenda and issues.

This was followed by another round with the Civil Democratic Forces Coordination “Taqaddum” and the two factions of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, and the Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Abdel Wahid Nour, to agree on arrangements for Sudanese dialogue. However, no document was issued from this round.

Prior to this, a conference for Sudanese forces was held in Cairo last July, bringing together political parties under one roof for the first time, and a statement was issued at the end of the conference, with some parties expressing reservations.

National Project
A few days ago, political and social forces engaged in consultations in Port Sudan—the temporary administrative capital—initiated by political figures to agree on a national project document that offers a vision for ending the war, answering the questions of the next day, and paving the way for an inclusive Sudanese dialogue within Sudan.

Mubarak Ardol, head of the Democratic Alliance for Social Justice, explained that the initiative aims to agree on a national project to manage the country in the post-war phase, answering questions that concern all Sudanese about the future of the country and establishing a new Sudan.

According to Ardol’s statements to Al Jazeera Net, they met with political blocs, civil society representatives, religious leaders, and tribal leaders, including the National Movement Alliance, the Democratic Bloc, the Sudan Justice Alliance “Tiss”, the Popular Congress Party, and the Democratic Unionist Party. They received a positive response after delivering copies of the project proposals.

Regarding the participation of parties with differing positions, Ardol says the participation is open to all political forces that believe in the legitimacy of the armed forces and state institutions, as well as the crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces against the people and their institutions. No party will be excluded unless there are legal reasons or court rulings against them.

Calls for Consensus
Political researcher and analyst Khaled Saad believes that national consensus between Sudanese factions is not impossible if political forces abandon their internal and personal disputes, focus on the country’s interest, and are keen not to militarize the entire political space.

In his statements to Al Jazeera Net, the analyst argued that the war has contributed to the continuation of polarization, and the political discourse has isolated the political forces that dominated the transitional period, while empowering forces from the former regime. Moreover, the war has created unprecedented social polarization, which has affected political forces with active or war-affected constituencies.

He does not rule out the presence of international and regional forces that are not interested in a national consensus, seeing it as an obstacle to their interests and understandings with some political or military forces, according to the speaker.

For his part, writer and editor-in-chief of “Al-Majhar Al-Siyasi” newspaper, Hindi Az-Eddin, considered the large receptions received by the Chairman of the Sovereign Council and army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Umm Rawaba, North Kordofan, after its liberation, and Tendleti in White Nile, as a form of popular mandate.

The writer called, via a post on the “X” platform, for Burhan not to pay attention to any proposals for political arrangements, and not to wait for legitimacy or legal recognition of a political status, whether from a dialogue conference, national forces, the “Taqaddum” alliance, or armed movements.

The writer believes that the country, after the war is concluded and liberated from the Rapid Support Forces, needs a period of security stability under the leadership of the army and a “technocratic” prime minister for at least three years, after which presidential elections should be held.

Source: Al Jazeera Net

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