Khartoum, July 11(Darfur 24)The Commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti”, issued a decree dismissing his political advisor, Youssef Ibrahim Ezzat Ismail, of his duties, without specifying the reasons.
For his part, Youssef Ezzat said on the “X” platform that he requested to be relieved of his position after restructuring the civil and political work of the Rapid Support Forces and transferring responsibility for its management to “Abdul Rahim Dagalo.”
Ezzat explained that the internal arrangements made by the Rapid Support Command are not consistent with the reasons for his acceptance to work with “Hemedti” in the year 2021 at his request.
He pointed out that “during his work period, he did what he could to provide political advice and work with youth and revolutionary organizations that believe in change and have clear positions on the revolution and the country’s future related to justice and democratic civil transformation to enable them to work.”
He added, “Since last April, after a workshop held in Uganda, civil and political work has been structured and responsibility for its management has been transferred to a second commander, Abdul Rahim Dagalo, under the name of the Civil Coordination Council for the Rapid Support Forces.”
He continued, “After the Rapid Support Commander approved it and the work became part of the official Rapid Support Forces structures, I asked to be excused. Neither experience nor convictions allow me to work under Abdel Rahim’s leadership because political work was linked to Hemedti as Vice President of the Sovereignty Council, which is a job of a political nature, and since I am a person I am a civilian and work from a position where I am not subject to military orders or part of the structures of the Rapid Support Forces. For other reasons that will be mentioned in the future, I requested to be excused.”
Ezzat pointed out that Hemedti was the one who requested his presence from exile to contribute with him in dealing with political work and its complexities under the circumstances of that period.
He added, “After the war, I took a position to confront with him what I believed was treachery due to his positions in support of civil democratic transformation and confronting the return of the Islamic movement to rule. I supported the military institution’s exit from power and contributed to building relations with civilian forces to avoid war.”
He stressed that he “accepts the decision to relieve him, and his position will remain with the issues that formed his previous convictions for working in Rapid Support and will remain after him. He will seek to work to address the issues of war and work to involve stakeholders in change and support the local communities that pay the price of wars in determining their fate and shaping their future, and in this he does not take his place.” No one about her.”
He said that he “will contribute from his position to work on building his projects through which he seeks to serve a better future for the people and end the wars in Sudan, and for the people to own their decisions and chart their future after stopping the wars and addressing their causes.”