The Supreme Court in Sudan rejected provisions in the draft transitional constitution related to the judiciary, while Mohamed Hamdan Hamidti, Vice-President of the Sovereignty Council, affirmed the government's ability to hold accountable those involved in tribal violence in the state of South Darfur.
The judges of the Supreme Court decided to reject the provisions related to the judicial authority in the draft transitional constitution and the framework agreement signed between the military component and political forces, led by the Forces for Freedom and Change Alliance - the Central Council group.
In a memorandum submitted by the judges of the Supreme Court to the President of the Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, it was stated that the draft constitution and the framework agreement guaranteed the political forces control over the judiciary, which enables them to have the power to choose the Supreme Judicial Council, the Chief Justice and his deputies, the President and members of the Constitutional Court, and the Attorney General.
The judges of the Supreme Court considered that the judiciary's submission to institutional reform through a commission appointed by the Council of Ministers constitutes a violation of the judicial authority and a violation of the independence of the judiciary.
Seizure and trial
In another matter, Mohamed Hamdan Hamidti, Vice-President of the Sovereignty Council, said that the government is able to control and prosecute those responsible for the incidents of tribal violence that took place in villages in the "Baleil" locality in the state of South Darfur recently.
Hamidti stressed - during his visit to the locality - that what happened is unacceptable by all standards, as he put it.
For his part, a member of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Al-Hadi Idris, called for a transparent investigation into the attacks on villages in the "Baleil" locality.
The locality of Belil, South Darfur, witnessed acts of tribal violence, which resulted in the death of 12 people, the wounding of 40 others, and the displacement of about 15,000.
The struggle of water and pasture
From time to time, several areas in Darfur witness bloody clashes between Arab and African tribes, as part of conflicts over land, resources, water, and grazing paths.
And the Sovereignty Council announced - last Thursday - that Hamidti led a mission to the city of Nyala in South Darfur state on Thursday to assess the security situation in the wake of a new wave of violence there.
Hamidti was accompanied by a delegation that included a member of the Sovereignty Council, Al-Hadi Idris, as well as officials from the army, police and intelligence, and the signatories of the October 2020 peace agreement between the government and the rebel groups that fought in the Darfur conflict.