Khartoum, June 8(Darfur24) On Wednesday, a dialogue was launched
between the military and Sudanese political parties under the auspices
of the United Nations, the African Union and the Organization of East
and Central African Development (IGAD), to resolve the crisis in the
country since the military coup carried out by Army Commander Abdel
Fattah Al-Burhan, in the absence of major opposition parties.
Volker Perthes, representative of the Secretary-General of the United
Nations in Sudan, said during a press conference in Khartoum, “It is
important not to waste this moment … We ask everyone to work with each
other in good faith.”
Wednesday’s talks were attended by military officials, representatives
of political parties and leaders of former rebel movements.
But since Monday, the opposition Forces for Freedom and Change
Alliance in Sudan announced its boycott of the dialogue, and the Umma
Party, the largest political party in the country, refused to
participate as well, due to the lack of favorable conditions for it.
Members of the resistance committees that emerged during the 2019
protests against Bashir and led anti-coup demonstrations recently were
absent.
Since Al-Burhan removed civilians from the rule of the transitional
period when he carried out a military coup in October, Sudan has
witnessed political and economic turmoil, and thousands of Sudanese go
out to demonstrate regularly in the capital and other cities to demand
the return of civilian rule and the accountability of the killers of
the demonstrators, while the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors
estimates that about 100 At least one person was killed and dozens
wounded.
This situation prompted both the United Nations and the African Union,
which suspended Sudan’s membership since the coup, and IGAD to call
for a political dialogue so that Sudan does not collapse completely
“at the political and security levels.”
On Tuesday, Al-Burhan praised the political dialogue, describing it as
a “historic opportunity” and called on “the various components
involved in this dialogue to take the lead in responding and not stand
in the way of sustaining the transition and democratic
transformation.”
It is reported that representatives of 14 political parties in Sudan
participated in the session.
Meanwhile, the resistance committees leading the protests, the
Communist Party and the “Forces of Freedom and Change” boycotted the
dialogue, because it “does not address the roots of the crisis
represented by the coup of last October 25”, according to a statement
issued on Monday.