Sudanese political leaders on Saturday called on local parties and civil society forces to create a national consensus to solve the country’s crises through a dialogue that includes all social components.
This came during a media seminar organized by the “Future for Reform and Development” movement in the capital, Khartoum, under the title “National consensus and its impact on democratic transformation.”
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The Deputy Secretary-General of the Popular Congress Party, Suhair Ahmed Salah, and a member of the Partners for the Transitional Period, Altom Hajo, participated in the symposium.
In addition to the deputy head of the National Umma Party, Siddiq Ismail, and the head of the Sudan Renaissance Alliance, Al-Tijani Al-Sisi, in addition to several foreign diplomats, including the Turkish ambassador to Khartoum, Irfan Neziroglu.
In her speech during the symposium, Salah said that “the parties must address a responsible and consensual discourse that identifies the problems in Sudan and ways to address them.”
Salah set 3 conditions for achieving national consensus, “that it be comprehensive and inclusive, and that no external interference occurs.”
And she continued, “Sudan is in a state of fragile transition governed by very small parties and regional and international intelligence, and there is significant interference in Sudanese affairs.”
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For his part, the head of the Sudan Renaissance Alliance called on the political parties to engage in a constructive dialogue that includes the social components.
He added, “There must be consensus on a national program for the transitional period, and the dialogue must be inclusive of all the people of Sudan to achieve the national project.”
In turn, Hajo said: “Our problem in Sudan is that there is no leadership for the country.” He added: “We are very far from reconciliation. What Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok proposed is an alarm bell, but not an initiative.
This is because it does not contain implementation mechanisms, as weeks have passed without achieving another step.”
On June 22, Hamdok revealed the details of an initiative to find a way out of the national crisis and issues of democratic transition.
The initiative includes 7 axes: security and military sector reform, justice, the economy, and peace.
The dismantling of the June 30 regime (Omar al-Bashir’s regime), the fight against corruption, foreign policy and national sovereignty, and the Transitional Legislative Council.
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Since August 21, 2019, Sudan has been going through a 53-month transitional period that ends with elections in early 2024.
During which power is shared by the army, civilian forces, and armed movements that signed an agreement with the government on 3 October to establish peace.
