
The Foreign Relations and Communication Committee of the Executive Office of the Forces of Freedom and Change held two meetings this morning, the first with the tripartite mechanism in the presence of the envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Volker Perthes and envoys of the African Union and IGAD, Dr. Mohamed El Hassan Labat and Mr. Ismail Weiss, at the United Nations premises in Khartoum.
This was followed by a meeting with the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ms. Molly V. The two meetings dealt with the current political developments in the country and the progress of the political process.
We summarize the position of freedom and change in the two meetings of the masses of our people, public opinion and the media as follows:
1- The representatives of the coalition conveyed the complete and correct non-compliance with the procedures for creating a democratic climate that we demanded and announced by the coup authority which is represented in lifting the state of emergency, releasing detainees, ending violence and repression and protecting civilians, and the measures did not include stopping the regressive decisions that canceled the decisions of the dismantling committee and returned the employees of the former National Congress regime. Despite the announcement of the lifting of the state of emergency, the violence continued, live bullets fired at protesters and stormed residential neighborhoods and health facilities, which resulted in the death of a martyr and a number of wounded last Friday, bringing the number of martyrs to hundreds all over Sudan, the coup authority failed to protect civilians, and not all detainees were released and new numbers of them were arrested. The Forces for Freedom and Change requested the formation of mechanisms that work with the tripartite mechanism to release all detainees and stop violence, especially since there are active civil society organizations, led by lawyers and doctors.
2- The Forces of Freedom and Change received an invitation from the tripartite mechanism for a technical meeting next Wednesday in the presence of military and civil parties, and the Forces of Freedom and Change conveyed their apologies for attending the meeting, as it does not address the nature of the current crisis represented by the October 25 coup which any political process must lead to its complete end and the establishment of a civil and democratic authority, which cannot be done by flooding the political process with parties representing the coup camp or linked to the former regime, or by following recipes that express the coup and its goals. All steps of the political process must be designed in consultation with the main parties of the revolution and resistance forces, and any subsequent step must be preceded by the actual implementation of the climate preparation measures.
3- The Forces of Freedom and Change affirmed to help the US Secretary of State their keenness that the political process lead to ending the coup and establishing a real democratic transformation led by a full civilian authority aligned with the revolution and its issues, and to lead the army away from politics and a comprehensive security reform that leads to building a single professional national army. And that the issue of justice be placed at the heart of any political solution, which requires that this process be designed in a way that ensures the achievement of these results and does not deviate from them.
4- The forces of freedom and change with the inclusion of the political process and the participation of other parties, such as the forces of armed struggle and the actors who believe in democratic transition.
The Forces of Freedom and Change affirm the continuation of their efforts with all regional and international actors to serve the issues of our people and achieve their goals of freedom, justice and peace.
Executive Office of the Forces of Declaration of Freedom and Change
June 6, 2022 AD






