SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan rebels reject Constitutional Declaration

5/8/19: Multiple sources – Sudan rebels reject Constitutional Declaration

• AP

• Radio Dabanga

• Sudan Tribune

 The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) has officially rejected the Constitutional Declaration signed by Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the opposition Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), saying that the declaration “categorically rejected peace.”

 An SRF statement pointed out that the constitutional declaration “puts obstacles in the way of implementing future peace agreements,” and that the Forces of Freedom and Change ignored their positions on peace.

 SRF deputy leader Gibril Ibrahim told Sudan Tribune that the constitutional document rejected an SRF-proposed provision that potential peace agreements prevail over any other charters, including the political and constitutional declarations.

 Ibrahim added that the constitutional declaration’s peace pact also excluded the SRF’s political groups from the political equation because it denotes that a peace pact will be with “armed groups” rather than the SRF.

 The SRF said it will seek to amend the declaration before its final signing on August 17.