In its episode on (11/21/2022), the program "The Story Remains" reviewed the complex political process in Sudan, which is sponsored by the tripartite mechanism consisting of the United Nations Mission, the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

The program exclusively published a draft constitution prepared by the Steering Committee of the dissolved Bar Association, establishing the transfer of power to a civilian government and a civilian sovereignty council.

The leaders of the tripartite mechanism said that it had received a document containing the comments and amendments of the military leadership on the draft constitution, and it reflects basic understandings reached between the military and their interlocutors from the Central Council of Forces for Freedom and Change.

The island has received the most important modifications.

The draft stipulates that the Republic of Sudan is a federal democratic state, the system of government is a parliamentary system, and that Sudan is a civil state that stands equidistant from all religions and beliefs.

It stipulated that legal measures may not be taken against the occupants of senior leadership positions in the statutory agencies regarding any legal violations that were committed before the signing of the transitional constitution.

The draft also stipulated the removal of empowerment and the dismantling of the security and military structure of the “June 30” regime, and required that the civilian prime minister appoint the directors of police and general intelligence, and preside over a Security and Defense Council in which the commanders of the army and the Rapid Support Forces participate, and it also stipulated the establishment of an internal security apparatus affiliated to him. Police forces, and the establishment of the Provisional Judicial Council, whose mission is to appoint the Chief Justice, the Attorney General, and the President of the Constitutional Court.

The role of the military

According to the document, the mission of the armed forces during the transitional period is to protect the constitution, confront coup attempts, implement policies related to security and military reform, and establish a unified national army.

The draft stipulates that the Rapid Support Forces shall be affiliated with the armed forces and be integrated into the army, and that the head of state shall be supreme commander of the Rapid Support Forces. The draft prohibits the participation of members of the military component in the elections that follow the transitional period.

Commenting on the leaked draft, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Navy, Lieutenant General Fatah al-Rahman Mohiuddin, said that the submitted draft was rejected by many Sudanese political and military forces, and only the Central Committee of the Forces for Freedom and Change approved it.

The roots of the crisis

And he reviewed "The Story Remains" a film that dealt with the escalation of the political and economic crisis in Sudan since the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan decided in October of last year to cancel the partnership between civilians and the military that established a transitional period after the removal of former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir.

But Al-Burhan returned after nearly 8 months to pledge the armed forces' exit from the political process and the handover of power to a civilian government without quotas, with the army guarding it, then to talk about patriotism that he touched with his former partners in the Central Council of the Forces for Freedom and Change, and for international and regional mediators to reveal what they described as being reached. Basic understandings between the military and civilians.

For its part, the Central Council of the Forces for Freedom and Change affirmed that a final agreement would not be signed without the approval of all the revolutionary forces.

Despite this, prior divisions and disagreements emerged. Several parties, including the Democratic Union Party of origin, the Communist Party, and the Arab Socialist Baath Party, rejected the logic of a bilateral settlement, prompted by local and foreign forces, according to their statements and statements.