SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: European Council on Foreign Relations - Sudan peace agreement: What it really means for the country’s transition
Theodore Murphy, the director of the Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), calls for Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to make leadership of the Juba peace process a “personal priority” in order to win back the support of the Sudanese protest movement.
Murphy argues that the key to securing the civilian character of Sudan’s democratic transition is address the major paradox of the protest movement - that it is the most representational political force, yet unwilling to engage in party politics. However, the constitutional conference envisaged by the agreement presents an opportunity to incorporate the protest movement into a “renewed national compact.”
Thus, Murphy calls for Sudan’s international partners to provide a “clear, unified position supporting Sudanese-led efforts and allowing Sudanese to prioritise the national constitutional conference as a prerequisite to strengthening the national political foundation upon which all subsequent reforms will need to rest.”