Ethiopian-African initiative in Sudan .. Reservations of the military council foreshadowing abortion

The fate of the Ethiopian-African initiative to end the crisis in Sudan is ambiguously overshadowed by indications that the junta is opposed to some of its clauses in exchange for accepting the forces of freedom and change.

A source for the island that the military council reserved the provisions of the African initiative to grant the forces of freedom and change majority of the Legislative Council next, and warns the refusal of the military elements of the initiative to abort.

Mohammad Hamdan Daklu (Hamidati), Vice-President of the Military Council, yesterday expressed this position in a speech in Khartoum, stressing his opposition to granting the forces of freedom a two-thirds majority in the Legislative Council.

Before the bloody crackdown on Khartoum on the third of this month, the military council and the forces of freedom and change reached a preliminary agreement on a transitional period of three years, governing structures including a sovereign council of soldiers and civilians, a full cabinet of ministers and a legislative council in which the forces of change have a two- .

But after the sit-in, the military junta canceled the agreements resulting from rounds of negotiations, waved a technocratic government and organized elections within a year.

The leader of the forces of freedom, Mohammed Dadaa, suggested that the military council reject the Ethiopian initiative backed by the African Union and the IGAD, referring in this context to reservations expressed by the team Hamiditi.

He told the island that the military council was waiting for the forces of freedom to reject the initiative received last Thursday from Mahmoud Dreir, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed, who leads the mediation efforts in Africa, Sudan.

He added that this path was "closed" and that the freedom and change forces would have no choice but to return to protest, adding that they had called for a "million" on the 30th of this month.

Official reply
Ethiopian forces on Sunday are expected to hand over their final approval to the initiative, which includes transitional arrangements, including the three transitional Authority structures.

The meeting was supposed to be held on Saturday evening in Khartoum. A spokesman for the forces of change said that Dreir asked to postpone the meeting until today, while sources told the newspaper that the military council put obstacles to the meeting.

The forces of freedom and change confirmed yesterday their acceptance of all the provisions of the initiative, and previously set conditions for the resumption of dialogue, including an international investigation into the dismantling of the sit-in, which left more than 100 dead, and accountability of those involved, and the release of prisoners of conscience and the spread of freedoms.

The Ethiopian-African initiative, which is supposed to include the military council and the forces of freedom, envisages the formation of a 15-member governing council overseeing the transitional phase, comprising seven civilians and the same military, while the fifteenth member is civilian and appointed by agreement of the parties.