Sudan’s main opposition movement, the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), and the country’s ruling military have agreed to sign a framework agreement on the transition next Monday, they announced in a statement.
The opposition has pointed out that this agreement seeks the transition to a civilian government in the country and after its signature will proceed to negotiate «several pending points» with the participation of all the actors interested in elaborating a transitional Constitution.
The signatories are to develop four documents on accountability and transitional justice, dismantling of the old regime, review of the Juba peace agreement and security reform.
«The parties that will sign are the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the Sudanese Revolutionary Front led by Al Hadi Idris, the People’s Congress Party, the Democratic Unionist Party and professionals and civil society groups,» politician Yasir Arman told ‘Sudan Tribune’.
«A framework agreement will be signed within 72 hours. The main difference between it, the 2019 constitutional declaration and the November 21, 2022 Agreement (between al-Burhan and Hamdok) is the non-involvement of the military in power at all levels,» he added.
Thus the transitional authority, including the cabinet and the Sovereign Council, will be composed entirely of civilians.
For his part, the leader of the Revolutionary Democratic Current of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement said he expects political prisoners to be released before the signing, as it stipulates the «end of violence against the mass movement», the release of detainees and a transformation of the media in favor of civilian democracy.
Al Burhan led in October 2021 a new coup d’état that overthrew the transitional prime minister, Abdallah Hamdok, appointed after an agreement between the previous military junta, which emerged after the 2019 coup against Al Bashir, and various civil organizations and opposition political formations.
