Sudan: The Civil Forces that Signed the Framework Agreement – Press Statement (13.04.2023)

Today, an emergency meeting was held for the civil forces that signed the framework agreement to discuss the latest political developments in the country. The meeting focused on the escalating activity of the elements of the dissolved National Congress and their relentless endeavor to stir up strife by driving a wedge between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, and beating the drums of war in the hope that they will return to rule over people once again after the people rejected them and turned the page on their defunct regime. After extensive discussion, the meeting concluded the following:

1- The conferees issued a call to all spectra of the Sudanese people aspiring for change by confronting the plans of the defunct regime and calls for war and military escalation, and to reject the transformation of the conflict in the country into an armed conflict that ignores the civil-political nature of the national cause. The crisis in our country resulted from tyrannical projects that our people confronted peacefully and chose a civil democratic transition as an alternative, and to deal with the remnants of the rule of the former regime through political solutions and a civil democratic transition, not through guns and warfare.

2- The meeting focused on the related efforts of the civil forces that signed the framework agreement to contain the current crisis, which was manifested in related meetings throughout the past week that the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support forces gathered together and individually with the aim of reducing tension and taking practical measures to accelerate the pace of the political process, and these efforts will continue until it works to end all forms of confrontation and restore the path of civil democratic transition.

3- The civil forces that signed the framework agreement decided to meet urgently with the leadership of the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces. They put forward practical ideas to overcome the current tension and restore the political track, in a way that will expedite overcoming the current harbinger of confrontation, and reach a final agreement whereby a civilian government will be formed that expresses the revolution and its directions, and addresses the urgent issues facing our people economically, politically and security.

4- The meeting stressed that the challenges facing the security and military sectors are old issues that were exacerbated by the previous regime, and were faced by the overthrown transitional government, and the political framework agreement that was made by civilians and the military leadership came as a courageous step to lay the correct foundations for addressing them with peace, not war. The ongoing political process provides a historic opportunity for our country to reach a single professional and national army, and the elements of the defunct regime that want to destroy the political process put forward war as an alternative to it because their goal is not reform but power at any cost, even if that means destroying the country.

5- The meeting thanked the international and regional community for its efforts related to assisting the Sudanese people in achieving their goals by restoring the democratic civil path, and saluted the great work carried out by the tripartite and quadruple mechanisms and the European Union, the meeting also stressed the need for the international and regional role to be limited to facilitating and supporting the political process, and to reject all forms of direct interference from any regional or international party seeking to fuel the conflict or to be a party to it.

Finally, we assure all the sons and daughters of our people that this crisis will inevitably end with the will of this people and its determination to achieve its goals, and we trust in the wisdom of the patriotic military and civil parties. And its ability to overcome this dangerous juncture and put the country on the path of civil democratic transformation and complete the tasks of the glorious December revolution.

Civilian forces signatories to the framework agreement

April 13, 2023 AD

Sudan: Sudanese Congress Party – A statement about the plans of the remnants to drag the country into an all-out civil war (13.04.2023)

As a result of the systematic destructive work practiced by the elements of the defunct Salvation Regime recently, by sowing discord between the People’s Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, Tte pace of field and media escalation accelerated during the past two days between the two parties, as many areas, such as Meroe, Khartoum, and some areas of the Darfur region, witnessed military movements that included military vehicles and soldiers, followed by the issuance of simultaneous statements with the repositioning of many forces in strategic locations.

We in the Sudanese Congress Party call on both sides to the need for self-restraint and to reduce tension and escalation immediately, as the security, social, political and economic situation are fragile enough to slide the country into hotbeds of chaos and civil strife.

Which requires taking full responsibility to avoid this devastating scenario, and we see that the first beneficiary of this situation is the defunct regime, and the increased activity of the remnants and opportunists from the membership and leaders of the dissolved National Congress Party, in stoking the fire of sedition and fueling the civil-military conflict at times, and the military-military conflict at other times, there is irrefutable evidence of their standing behind this great sedition. Therefore, we call on all civil and revolutionary forces to the need for unity and to stand firmly against the option of war and plunging the present and future of the country into The furnace of fragmentation and fighting, we believe that the right way out for Sudanese women and men to avoid this fate is to move forward with the political process and the final signing of the political agreement, and bypassing the few outstanding points that follow the issue of security and military reform.

Our people lived free and victorious

Information secretariat

April 13, 2023 AD

Sudan: The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) – Important Statement (12.04.2023)

On “the return of the remnants of the former regime, the murders, the security situation in Darfur, and the obstruction of the political process.”

The Forces for Freedom and Change are following the escalation of violent crimes, murders and assassinations in a number of regions of the country, especially the Darfur region. The Darfur region began to emerge with a general will, valiant resistance and revolution, and a heavy price was paid by the blood of the daughters and sons of this dear and great part of our great homeland and their exposure to crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity committed by the Bashir regime and its dissolved National Congress Party, strenuous attempts were made to turn this painful page after the December Revolution and the Juba Sudan Peace Agreement.

The Darfur region – like the rest of Sudan – aspires towards a new dawn, but the forces of apostasy and remnants are working day and night to restore the biography of genocide with the support of influential people in the deep state, many areas in Darfur these days are witnessing crimes represented in the killing of 20 civilians in Fore Baranga, assassinations among regulars in South, East and Central Darfur, and the killing of employees of the Savings and Social Development Bank, Al-Kuma branch in North Darfur, and other crimes are recorded against an unknown person known to us and everyone, and the innocent people pay for them.

We, in the Forces of Freedom and Change, condemn all murders committed against civilians and military personnel, and extend our condolences to the families and families of the victims of systematic criminal violence, we see that it is part of a comprehensive plan to return Darfur to worse than the years of genocide, where the Darfur community is now being recruited and mobilized, and that what is happening there is inseparable from what is happening in Khartoum, where the remnants and others without them prepare the stage in the Darfur region to restore the years of wars and conflicts, they are also working to prepare the atmosphere in the entire country for the outbreak of a comprehensive war that will restore the authority of the defunct regime, and put an end to the revolution of our people and their aspirations for freedom, justice and peace.

We call on Sudanese men and women at home and abroad, and the regional and international community, to pay attention to the crimes that are happening before it is too late, and we warn that the war in Darfur was planned by the remnants of the former regime to extend to all of Sudan and its capital, Khartoum. It is important and necessary for us to stand as a bulwark against this war and with the support and establishment of democratic civil rule.

The return of the remnants, the popular defense, and the operations and army authority in all parts of Sudan did not happen by chance, but rather with premeditation and monitoring, and the main goal of all of this is to destroy the political process and a complete restoration of the rescue system, which requires the unity of the power of revolution and change, and confronting the scheme with broad mass action and regional and international solidarity without hesitation or wasting time.

 

Freedom and Change Forces – Executive Office

April 12, 2023

Sudan: The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) – Press Statement (11.04.2023)

The regime that was overthrown by our people will not return, and the revolution will reach its final victory

Today, the eleventh of April, marks the fourth anniversary of declaring the victory of our people and the glorious December revolution against the totalitarian, terrorist, rescue regime. And ending that dark era in the history of the homeland that extended for thirty years. The fall of that tyrannical regime by the will of the Sudanese men and women is an affirmation of the ability and willpower of the masses to defeat tyrants and achieve victory over them.

To end up like those who preceded him, defeated and defeated by a people, if he is determined, determined, and unified his word, then he is victorious over all who accustomed him. The victory of the eleventh of April is an affirmation of the determination of the Sudanese people in achieving the goals and slogans of the glorious December revolution in freedom, peace, justice, and ending the era of military coups and the establishment of a constitutional, democratic civil rule, the dismantling of the empowerment of the 1989 A.D. salvation regime over the state and the homeland, and the security and military reform to reach a single professional national army that ends the phenomenon of the multiplicity of armies created by the defeated regime, the achievement of transitional justice, and an end to the phenomenon of impunity, this determination and determination was manifested in the valiant and continuous resistance in its various forms, the coup of the twenty-fifth of October from its first moments for nearly a year and a half, and therefore Sudan after the December Revolution and its victory will not be like its predecessor, as the generations that drank from the cup of totalitarianism, corruption and corruption, and stealing and plundering the country’s resources will not accept that the clock turns back, and we will resist to the end any totalitarian or dictatorial tendencies until we defeat them with determination, steadfastness and persistence in various forms for one goal, which is to complete the glorious march of the December revolution and achieve its slogans and goals.

The fourth anniversary of the overthrow of the defeated regime comes upon us in light of the scenes of the growing movements and activities of the elements of its legally dissolved party, amid the disregard and silence of the official, judicial and legal authorities, and the frantic efforts of the elements of the exterminated regime to turn back the clock and fulfill their dreams of the return of their grave regime again.

Forgetting that their regime was overthrown by a popular revolution after they gave our people everything they had for thirty years, the result of which was the misery, misery, devastation and suffering that the country and the people are experiencing today, but a harvest. As a result of those policies and practices, the grave regime that our people overthrew will never return. And the revolution that defeated him and defeated him while he was in power will be defeated by the Sudanese people once again and the December revolution will reach the ports of its victory and eventually defeat its enemies by force and might.

We in the forces of freedom and change call on all the forces of the living revolution, including parties, trade unions, civil bodies, and resistance committees, to strengthen their unity and efforts, and to strengthen their front in seriously confronting all the movements of the elements of the exterminated regime in the capital and the states, just as our people defeated them last time. The same fate and destiny awaits them very soon, and we are certain that our people will end this coup, restore the transition, bury forever all attempts and dreams of returning to totalitarian regimes, and complete their path towards establishing a new, healthy homeland that achieves the slogans of the glorious December revolution of freedom, peace, and justice in a civil, democratic state.

Mercy and forgiveness for the martyrs, male and female martyrs, speedy recovery for all the wounded and injured, return for the missing, freedom for all the innocent detainees in prisons, and a sure victory in the near future for the people of Sudan over the tyrants.

Freedom and Change Forces – Media Committee

April 11, 2023 AD

Sudan: Sudanese Congress Party – Statement on the epic anniversary of the fall of the defunct rescue regime on April 11, 2019 AD (12.04.2023)

Yesterday a tyrant passed by

Blowing his trumpet under her arches

And it ended where it passed

Our dear people;

On the eleventh of April four years ago, the unity of the will of the honorable revolutionaries and revolutionaries along the eternal land of Sudan during the glorious December revolution embodied a great revolutionary epic until the empire of corruption and tyranny collapsed.

In which the defunct regime of salvation has been spinning threads of its feeble misery on the ruins of the hopes and pains of Sudanese women and men during the dark thirty years, so that the genie of free will rises up and strikes with the weapon of peace and unity as a date for a solid victory towards the homeland of freedom, peace and justice inevitably.

Our esteemed people;

We in the Sudanese Congress Party, in the memory of this great urgency, we rejoice with the prayers of acceptance for the pure martyrs, and the wishes of recovery for the wounded and the auspicious return of the missing, and it is an occasion that requires inspiration for the reasons for victory for our people that were available at the time, let us harness it in tipping the scales of power in favor of the forces of the revolution, who are bent on restoring the path of civil democratic transformation in accordance with the current political, economic, social and security situation after the ill-fated coup of October 25, 2021 AD, through the ongoing political process, or other proven and innovative means of resistance, and working to dispel the dreams of the remnants of the defunct regime and their exposed plots, until full civil power is reached, the desires of the righteous daughters and sons of our people are translated into a reality that rises to the greatness of their sacrifices and their great patience. The lessons of history written by this great people give rise to complete certainty of complete victory, even if the path is long.

Our people lived free and victorious

Information secretariat

April 12, 2023 AD

Sudan: Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) – Important statement – “The Sixth of April is the time for past and future victories.” (05.04.2023)

The thirty-eighth anniversary of the victory of the Sudanese people over the Mayo junta on the 6th of April 1985 AD and the end of the era of the coup of May 25, 1969 AD, so that our people make the same date on the 6th of April 2019 AD the same miqat as a watershed point for the glorious December revolution by heading to the vicinity of the General Command of the People’s Armed Forces and the beginning of the leadership sit-in The General Assembly, which culminated in announcing the overthrow of the totalitarian regime and its dissolved National Congress Party, the end of its three-decade rule, an affirmation of the Sudanese men and women’s insistence on freedom and democratic civil rule, the end of totalitarian regimes, and the rejection of their continuation and rule.

The anniversary of the victory of the sixth of April this year comes, and our people affirm their determination and determination to complete their valiant and peaceful resistance in confronting the October 25 coup and their confident steps towards restoring democratic civil rule without despair through peaceful, civil and valiant political resistance that continues without interruption for eighteen months, during which it provided more than 120 martyrs and thousands of wounded and injured, our people refuse to submit or submit to any military coup and its absolute adherence to freedom, democracy, peace and justice under a civil and democratic state.

The anniversary of the victory of the April Revolution comes upon us, and the long political process is moving towards its end after the completion of the five workshops and conferences provided for in the Political Framework Agreement and the completion of the formulation of the final political agreement, the signing of which was postponed due to the resumption of joint talks between the military parties that signed the Political Framework Agreement in relation to the special technical aspects. With the security and military reform procedures, the non-completion of which caused the postponement of the signing of the final political agreement on time on the first and sixth of April, and the course of negotiations between the military witnessed progress in several files, and it remains to end the agreement on the last issue. Once an agreement is reached, the road will be clear before signing the agreement The final politician who will achieve the aspirations and hopes of our people in restoring the path of democratic transition once again, the exit of the military institution from political life, and the formation of full civil governance institutions without any partnership at any level or institution.

The increasing activities of the remnants of the exterminated regime and its disbanded National Congress Party in recent times aimed at undermining the political process, obstructing it and blocking it ignores the realities of reality with the overthrow of the Sudanese men and women revolution in December of their regime and our people’s refusal to return again, just as our people defeated and defeated that tyrannical regime with all its devices Repression and oppression, for the Sudanese people in their cities and villages are once again capable of thwarting and thwarting all the plans of the exterminated regime, confronting them and giving them the cup of defeat once again.

The Forces for Freedom and Change call on all the forces of the civil and political revolution, professional and trade union bodies, resistance committees in general, and employees of the components of freedom and change to actively participate in the April 6 processions in the capital and the states, and adhere to peace, affirming the desire and determination of our people to move forward until the end in their long journey for freedom, peace and justice to complete For the goals of the glorious December revolution, to confront the plans of the exterminated regime and its elements, to defeat them and inflict political defeats on them as usual, and to end all their miserable plans to turn back the clock, which will not turn back, no matter how they plotted, planned and acted, because our people issued their final verdict against them and cut them a one-way ticket without returning to the shelves of history and sitting in the worst. A place is always reserved for tyrants and corrupt people.

The Forces for Freedom and Change calls on the security and military services to protect the popular processions scheduled to start in the capital and the states tomorrow, Thursday, the sixth of April, and warns at the same time against any violent treatment of any degree towards the peaceful participants in those processions.

Mercy and forgiveness for the martyrs, speedy recovery for all the wounded, return for all the missing, and freedom for all detainees.

Ultimate victory for our people

Forces for Freedom and Change – Media Committee

April 5, 2023

Sudan: Sudanese Congress Party – Final statement of the work of the Sixth General Conference (18.03.2023)

On this day, we stand in honor of this great people, for it is our compass that guides us on the right path, and its interests are our goal, for which we harness our thought, effort, blood, and sweat for the sake of its peace, freedom, and decent living.

We salute the glorious December Revolution and its righteous martyrs, and we salute this generation that left a mark in our modern history that the forces of tyranny will not erase, no matter how armored they are with their weapons, equipment and military.

Our sixth conference is an extension of five conferences that resulted in a smooth rotation of leadership positions and many transitions that our party went through and here is the podium decorated with a rare scene in our political environment, four former presidents of the party, mercy for those who have passed away, and abundant health and continued giving to those who are still striving in the journey of building the homeland, the dream that they did not hesitate to devote their entire lives to achieving it.

About a thousand ladies and gentlemen, members of the party participated in the general conference of the Sudanese Congress Party, who came as witnesses from every piece of land in Sudan and from the countries of exile, and from the members of the Independent Students Conference. They are the harvest of 122 grassroots conferences in the localities of Sudan, 17 state conferences, 13 conferences for professional sectors, 20 conferences abroad, and the same for the Independent Students Conference. All of these conferences discussed the basic and supplementary papers and elected their executive offices and their supervisory legislative councils.

And its representatives went up to the Sixth General Conference, who numbered 988, in addition to the members of the new council, whose first meeting was held this morning, in addition to an endless number of meetings, development workshops, and open seminars, including an organizational conference in which a lot of effort and papers were spent, and an inclusive deliberative conference.

We discussed the organizational and political reality in detail, and through all of that, the membership of our party, accompanied by the appreciated participation of national experts and contributors from outside the party, produced many specialized visions and papers that were summarized in the political document of the party that was discussed during this sixth conference.

It has been detailed and will be detailed more in more specialized papers. The constitution of the ruling party has also been approved for the internal performance of the party and the coordinator of its apparatus relations.

In a democratic atmosphere, the activities of the General Conference witnessed the election of the party leader and the head of the Central Council. The conferees elected:

– Omar Youssef Al-Daqir, head of the party

– Mastour Ahmed Mohamed, Chairman of the Central Council of the party

The General Conference also accredited the members of the Central Council elected from the states, sectors and branches abroad and the Independent Students Conference.

This morning, the elected Central Council held its first meeting and approved the deputy head of the party and the secretary-general, as follows:

Khaled Omar Youssef, deputy head of the party

Muhammad Ali Shaqdi, Secretary General

In addition to the approval of the four vice-presidents of the Central Council, as follows:

Omaima Sayed Ahmed

As Zakaria

– Seif al-Dawla Ahmed Khalil

Saleh Omar

In conclusion, we repeat our greetings to our great people, and we salute the sacrifice of our membership and their efforts in order to provide models of sacrifice that resisted tyranny and seek to contribute to removing the oppression of years of dictatorships, the distortions of practice and the negative mental image towards parties.

Which in its goodness is the salvation of the democratic civil transition and the homeland, and it is an effort that we share with our comrades and allies in the forces of the broad democratic forces with whom we share the dream of a good, democratic Sudan that does not coexist or oppress anyone.

Sixth General Conference Committee

March 18, 2023

Sudan: The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) – A Permit (11.03.2023)

The Forces for Freedom and Change welcome the statement issued by the Office of the Official Spokesman of the Armed Forces, which confirmed the commitment of the armed forces to the ongoing political process and the full and strict adherence to the provisions of the framework agreement.

The Forces for Freedom and Change affirm their adherence to the established political process, which is based on the framework agreement and leads to ending the coup and restoring the path of democratic transformation by forming a civil government that represents the forces of the revolution and works to achieve its goals.

The Forces of Freedom and Change also affirm their keenness to complete the discussion of the issues of the final stage of the political process, and their commitment to joint work with all the forces of the revolution to establish and manage the transitional period in a way that guarantees its stability and the completion of its tasks, foremost of which is the unification and reform of the military system and its exit from the political equation.

Launching a comprehensive process of justice and transitional justice, addressing the economic crisis, institutional reform and dismantling the empowerment state on the thirtieth of June, and other tasks leading to free and fair general elections at the end of the transitional period.

Freedom and Change Forces – Executive Office

March 11, 2023

Sudan: Civilian forces signatories to the framework agreement – Important statement (11.03.2023)

About (Statement of the Armed Forces Official Spokesperson)

The civil forces that signed the framework agreement welcome the statement issued by the Office of the Official Spokesman for the Armed Forces, which was issued this morning, Saturday, March 11, 2023, and carried important and positive messages.

The statement affirmed the commitment of the Sudanese Armed Forces to the ongoing political process and to all that was stated in the framework agreement, which reinforces the commitment of all parties to the process to move forward with it and overcome the challenges it faces in a patriotic and responsible spirit.

The framework agreement laid a sound foundation for the most important issues facing the country now, foremost of which is the need to restore the path of democratic transition under the leadership of a full civil authority, and the unity of the Sudanese army and its distancing from politics within a comprehensive process of security and military reform, and embarking on a comprehensive and fair process for justice, transitional justice, and other major issues that the framework agreement dealt with in depth, which places on all parties the need to complete the final stage discussions as soon as possible, this will establish a stable and successful transitional phase that will eventually lead to free, fair and transparent elections.

The civil forces that signed the framework agreement

March 11, 2023 AD

Opinion: Hemeti takes people for fools

Lt. Gen. Mohamed ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo addressed the two coups and the continued junta-controlled government. Where he is trying to sound reasonable and a statesman. This isn’t anything new, because we have seen the same behaviour from the Janjaweed and Rapid Support Force General. He has tried this before and did what he could to look good. That’s why he even used prayers and scriptures to look supreme. The Vice-Chairman and Deputy of the Transitional Council wants to stand-out and be the next in line.

That’s why he said things like this:

“I am a simple son of a desert, I grew up in the far corners of Sudan’s margins, and I received nothing from the state except its violence towards our societies, and its disregard for their basic rights, and I learned many lessons in the School of Life, the most important of which is that the old path of Sudan is unfair and unfair, so when I saw the men and women of the glorious December revolution I did not hesitate to stand with them against the injustice, tyranny, and corruption of the defunct regime. I saw that I shared their desire to change for the better and build Sudan. I tried as much as I could, and I was right at the time, and sometimes I made mistakes, the last of which was the mistake of the October 25 coup, which it became clear to me from its first day that it would not lead to what we wanted” (Hemeti, 19.02.2023).

The Lt. Gen. and Commander of the RSF must think his words can sway people. That they can forget the bloodshed and years under his tyranny. How his forces and his militia members has not only tormented the Darfur region, but also been pivotal in the reign of Omer Al-Bashir. His forces has destroyed, looted and massacred civilians for years. That’s how he rose through the ranks and became a henchman for Al-Bashir. Therefore, him trying to sound sincere and honest… falls flat in my eyes. He is just trying to cease a moment and be a contrast to President Al-Burhan, which is so obvious.

He continues:

“I am a man who grew up in the midst of wars.. I knew and experienced them, so I know the meaning and importance of peace. Since the first days of the transitional government, I have chosen in the Sovereignty Council to take over the peace file, in coordination with the government of former Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok. For I am convinced that there is no future for this country without silencing all the voices of guns and managing our differences with wisdom and good preaching. Wars broke out because of historical grievances on the margins of Sudan, and the December revolution provided an opportunity to address these grievances without wars” (Hemeti, 19.02.2023).

It is deep that he says these words… that a warlord like himself says it. When his forces have killed, tortured and used weapons to silence people. He has profited off wars and so has allies. That’s why he has power and influence. If it wasn’t for the guns and the ammo, he wouldn’t be where he is and that’s a fact. That’s why these words are so shallow and meaningless.

The Lt. Gen. wouldn’t be where he is and resides if it wasn’t for the powerful weapons. It isn’t like he didn’t get power or influence by being a loveable character. No, he got there by serving the previous regime and using a hostile takeover twice to prolong his reign. That’s the gist of it. He only wants to sound reasonable now… to be able to sway the gullible. While the dead and destroyed in Darfur isn’t getting anything from this sort of man. They are left behind… while he prospers in Khartoum.

He ended with: “In conclusion, I reassure the good people of Sudan, in all their hopes, that we are proceeding with the path of the political solution that we started in the framework agreement, and we will proceed with it until the end of the road steadfastly until stability returns to this country, and evils and strife are avoided. This is a covenant we made, and this is a word we say to God, history, and the country, and we will never back down from it” (Hemeti, 19.02.2023).

He wants to be part of the process and the aftermath. As he knows he will loose power and influence the moment the army cease to be in control. That’s why he wants to sound like there is a plan for a civilian rule. Because the revolutionary and the civilian dissent is far from over. They are still on the barricades and plans to continue the revolution. Since the men of Al-Bashir is still in-office and thriving. While the citizens are suffering under their rule.

That’s why Hemeti wants to sound good and feasible. When we all know what sort of man he is. He would have no trouble ending someone’s lives just to gain coins himself. That’s what he does and done for a living. Peace.