Leaders of the powerful alliance of Sudan's «Freedom and Change» movement said the Transitional Military Council and the coalition had decided to postpone negotiations to finalize a long-awaited power-sharing deal, with the postponement of "internal consultations" in "Freedom and Change" Agreement, without setting a new date for its implementation.
"We have decided to postpone the negotiations, to hold further discussions between our different groups," said Amjad Farid, a leading figure in Freedom and Change. I think we will resume talks in the coming days. "
Madani Abbas Madani, one of the leaders of the gathering of Sudanese opposition professionals, said the postponement was not a cause for concern but gave both parties more time to prepare.
A session of negotiations was to be held yesterday to discuss the constitutional declaration, which includes crucial and controversial issues, including absolute immunity for the generals, the formation of parliament and the status of paramilitary forces.
But the leader of the «forces of freedom and change», Omar Daqir, confirmed yesterday that «the negotiations were postponed», pointing out that the coalition «need to internal consultations to agree on a unified vision» on the agreement.
"I am going to the airport to go to Addis Ababa to meet the representatives of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front," he said, referring to three armed rebel groups in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan.
This is also confirmed by the leader of the "forces of freedom and change" friend of Joseph. "The armed groups have expressed their reservations about the political declaration, so he will travel to Addis Ababa," Youssef said. "These groups are dissatisfied with the political agreement," he said.
The three rebel groups expressed their concern on Wednesday, immediately after the initialing of the agreement, and said at a press conference in Addis Ababa that some key issues, such as peace in areas of conflict and meeting the needs of "vulnerable people" were not addressed.
According to sources familiar with the negotiations, the rebel groups want the constitutional declaration to clearly state that the peace talks in these states will be placed as a "high priority" once the transitional government is formed. As it wants to be included in the transitional government after the signing of peace agreements in these states. It also calls for the extradition of those accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in the Sudan to the International Criminal Court, such as former President Omar al-Bashir.
Analysts considered that yesterday's talks would have been decisive had they been held, especially since the two sides would have negotiated the "constitutional declaration", which contains complex contentious issues.
On the position of the coalition on the question of immunity, he stressed that «immunity in the form presented, unacceptable for us». "We will not give up, we will not back down" from our position by denying absolute immunity to the generals.