Towards a national project to build a civil and democratic state in Sudan

The Sudanese revolution, whose slogan is "Freedom... So long.. and justice"- the contents and meanings of equal citizenship, so that every individual, regardless of his political, religious and tribal affiliation, may live in dignity in his homeland.

Since the concept of citizenship based on rights and duties is based on a state of democratic civil institutions, one of the goals of the revolutionaries was to reform the military institution and build a democratic civil society, but political disputes and the search for military incubators by civil currents led to the militarization of the political and economic space, and contributed to the rebellion of a faction affiliated with the armed forces.

It is true that the Rapid Support Forces, formerly known as the Janjaweed, were the creation of the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir, but the expansion and development of these forces economically and politically occurred rapidly during the transitional period of the government of the Forces of Freedom and Change (Qahat), which is affiliated with the revolution.

The biggest challenge now is to present theses after this bloody conflict, and to deal with the roots and repercussions of the crisis and its consequences, and this calls for deep reflection in the post-war period and the defeat of the Rapid Support Militia, and how we can contribute to drawing the future of the country in a way that preserves the unity of its entity, spares the blood of its people, and achieves a comprehensive and just peace throughout it, a peace that the majority of victims who are still in displacement and refugee camps have and benefit from its benefits.

There is no doubt that the great and destructive political failure of those who stood up to manage the transitional period was the biggest reason for the resulting death, destruction, economic collapse and political and social fragmentation, which deepened the failure of the Sudanese state, disrupted its institutions, and exposed the country to penetrating the greedy in an unprecedented way.

Therefore, it is necessary to combine opinion and thought in a broad-minded collective effort and with a sincere national will, to contribute to shaping the political and strategic scene of the country in order to avoid the pitfalls that led to this crisis and to this great collapse of institutions and waste of capabilities and resources.

The priority comes to arrange the civil house, which has been hijacked by groups that lack capacity and moral compass, and this in turn requires the establishment of a vanguard that dedicates itself to confronting the tasks of advanced and visionary strategic planning devoid of purpose and political polarization, and to take the general national interest as a guide and guide in any discussion of options and future plans to lay the foundations of freedom, justice and sound democratic construction, and this vanguard is inclusive of all spectrums, sectors and groups of society, putting forward its ideas and proposals away from personalization, paralysis and narrow nervousness that was reported. The country is a resource of failure and doom.

The priority here is to stand in the face of suspicious attempts to reproduce the same groups and personalities that made failure and snatched defeat from the jaw of the victory of our great people, and who are responsible for the current destruction under shiny slogans about peace and rejection of war, and confront them with a serious national movement of sincere patriots who are not involved in bitter experiences of failure and who do not covet spoils and narrow interests at the expense of the people and the revolution.

Aware of this great challenge, we now call for the establishment of a broad national current that addresses the tasks of this stage and assumes the duty of proposing a national vision for a real national alternative for the coming period, away from any partisan ambitions or authoritarian aspirations and away from any dependence on the outside in which the forces of failure and polarization have fallen.

The priority is to present a vision of how to build a democratic civilian authority that is acceptable to the people and is not dependent on the militias and foreign authoritarian forces that support it for the purpose of enslavement, plundering and mortgaging the future of the country to specific interests.

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The tasks of the stage shall be as follows:

Building a strong national army

The national army is the lever and backbone of the state, as there are distortions in the armed forces system due to their interference in political affairs and the use of militias in their internal wars.

The Janjaweed militia has evolved from militias whose goal is to kill and loot to a force that has international relations and security cooperation with the Zionist entity, and has come to control the country's resources and monopolize rentier resources, export and import of strategic goods, and the wealth of the Rapid Support and its leader is estimated at about 10 to 13 billion dollars.

One of the key mistakes under the government of Abdalla Hamdok was the appointment of the Rapid Support Commander as head of the Economic Emergency Committee, which in turn established a portfolio to import basic commodities at a profit margin of 20% of the cost, which resulted in his wealth swelling exponentially during the Hamdok government, and the size of his military force doubled to 118,18 soldiers, while under the former regime it was estimated at 20,<> to <>,<> militants.

The transitional period was an opportunity for the RSF to build an economic arsenal, so dismantling its economic arsenal is just as important as dismantling its military structure.

It goes without saying that there are forces affiliated with other armed movements waiting to be absorbed into the armed forces, so all armed formations must be integrated and demobilized on the internationally recognized basis, which include the integration of sectors of them into the national armed forces and other security agencies in a manner that also takes into account the general interest of the affected sectors, and not only the interests of specific partisan or regional parties.

The task of building the armed forces on a professional basis away from political manipulation must be done, and the current leadership must step down and allow new leaders to carry out the necessary reforms.

Addressing humanitarian missions

According to the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations, the number of displaced people inside Sudan due to the fighting so far is 700,3 people, and we do not forget that there was displacement before these events in Darfur estimated at 200 million and <> thousand displaced people, and there is also displacement in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

Therefore, it is necessary to deliver aid, provide security, stop all violations and provide supply chains through coordination with neighboring countries and the international community, as the return of the displaced to their areas and cities will be one of the priorities and tasks of the transitional government, and addressing humanitarian tasks has become an urgent necessity for Sudan and neighboring countries, especially Egypt.

Economic reform

The state has begun to carry out reforms that were thwarted by the weakness of the government of Abdalla Hamdok, and the priority now must be given to the rehabilitation and lifting of restrictions on the agricultural sector, the creation of industrial clusters around agricultural areas, the development and encouragement of small industries, the development of the banking sector, and the channeling of rentier resources to the development of the education and health sectors, and the state must monopolize the export of gum Arabic and protect producers.

Transitional Justice

Impunity is a feature of Sudanese politics, and the result is the repetition of the same tragedies, what happened in South Sudan was repeated in a more horrible way in Darfur and is repeated today in the country's capital, so it is necessary to build justice institutions that operate according to the highest international standards, in which the separation of powers, and work professionally without politicization, and help the state and society to apply transitional justice away from healing and revenge, and through these institutions the recovery of funds looted in the era of salvation and the transitional period, and the trial of war criminals in Darfur and Khartoum, The principles of justice must be instilled on rational grounds, away from extremism and polarization.

Restoration of foreign relations

Sudan today is infiltrated in an unprecedented way, as there are 19,1 voluntary organizations operating in Sudan, 5,13 of which are national organizations, the disbursement of these organizations is equivalent to $ <>.<> billion, and there are <> of them affiliated with the United Nations.

The activities of these organizations must be limited and legalized in development fields, not as political tools to shape the political scene away from tutelage, and the country's foreign relations with the countries of the region, international institutions and all countries of the world must be restored so that the sovereignty of the country and the interests of the people of Sudan are respected.

Blatant interference in the country's affairs must also be rejected, and this may require revisions to some existing agreements in the public interest and help achieve tangible gains in the areas of development, economic prosperity and support for the most vulnerable and affected groups.

Let us therefore think wisely and impartially about the future away from the short-sighted pattern of factional thinking, in the hope that our youth will be part of the scene and an active and creative contributor to shaping the new life of the future Sudan and hope, which is taking shape before our eyes.

There should be an opportunity for new blood to represent the affected groups throughout the Sudan, including Darfur and eastern Sudan, not only in conflict areas, and away from the current leadership and elites who bear responsibility for the current destruction and bear responsibility for failure and collapse.

We must have hope and confidence in the ability of this people and their youth to build a Sudan of peace, freedom and justice, without this hope we will slip into the trap of nihilistic and irrational thinking, and we will be clothed in a defeatist spirit that disrupts creative thinking about building a bright future, and this is what we have learned from the youth of the revolution and their sacrifices and literature, and this hope is embodied in one of the slogans of the revolution, which is the slogan "Hanabniho".