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A document seen by Darfur 24 revealed the texts of the amendments and additions made by the military component to the draft constitutional document put forward by the Steering Committee of the Bar Association and signed by Freedom and Change, the federal origin, the Popular Congress and the Ansar al-Sunna Muhammadiyah group.

 

Where the military component added a clause related to the immunity of leaders of the regular forces, which came as follows: Without prejudice to the private right, legal measures may not be taken against the occupants of senior leadership positions in the regular agencies upon the issuance of the constitution, by virtue of their constitutional or military positions, regarding any legal violations committed before signing the transitional constitution for the year 2022, due to any act or omission by members or members of the statutory bodies, unless that act or omission is the subject of the violation, and involves a physical assault that the Supreme Command directly ordered an individual or a member to commit.

 

The military component handed over the notes and additions in the lawyers’ document to the tripartite mechanism consisting of UNTAMS, the African Union, and IGAD last October.

 

According to the amendment introduced by the military component, the rulings issued before, during and after October 25 are reviewed, and the lawyers’ document was content with this clause to cancel the decisions and rulings issued on October 25, 2021.

 

Most of the additions came to the item of the tasks of the armed forces during the transitional period, where the military component added the following:

 

1.The commitment of the armed forces to dismantle the security and military structure of the June 30 regime.

 

2- Dismantling the economic structure of popular security.

 

3- Bringing employees of the military and security agencies who have committed direct crimes to justice, and enabling the justice agencies to have access to them.

 

4- Non-participation of members of the military component in the elections following the transitional period.

 

The amendment added joint commitments and tasks between the armed forces and rapid support, which stated:

 

1-    Speeding up the investigation into the dispersal of the sit-in on June 3, 2019 and identifying those criminally responsible for it.

 

2-    The formation of the Transitional Justice Commission and the design of a comprehensive process with the participation of the families of the victims.

 

3-   To implement what was stated in the Juba Agreement for Peace of Sudan regarding cooperation with the International Criminal Court and issues of justice in a literal way.

 

4-   – Dismantling and removing the empowerment of the June 30 regime in state institutions. –

 

5-   5- Reforming the judicial and human rights agencies and making them independent and capable of achieving justice.

 

6-    The tasks of the armed forces and the implementation of the reform program agreed upon in the transitional constitution shall be carried out by the leadership of the armed forces.

 

The document, which was matched by Darfur 24 with two sources, showed the independence of the Rapid Support Forces in its subordination to the civilian head of state. The chapter included the integration of the Rapid Support Forces within the security and military reform plan that leads to a national professional army according to the agreed timetables. The military component was defined as 24 months for the transitional period.

 

With regard to the withdrawal of confidence from the Prime Minister through the Legislative Council, the military component added that the withdrawal of confidence should be decided by  at least 80 percent of the members.

 

The military component placed the decision to declare war within the powers of the Prime Minister on the recommendation of the Security and Defense Council. The Prime Minister app