The Nairobi Declaration is a step towards achieving peace
Najm al-Din Derissa writes: The Nairobi Declaration is a step towards achieving peace
The Nairobi Declaration between Dr. Hamdok, the head of “TAGADOM” and Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government, and Mr. Abdul Wahid Mohamed Nur, the head of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, which was signed in the Kenyan capital “Nairobi” in the presence of the Kenyan Prime Minister William Ruto.
The Declaration is a new breakthrough in favor of achieving peace at a time when the leaders of the hijacked Army continue to move further down the path of igniting the flames of war despite the successive defeats they suffered on all fronts. As their statements clearly show they are ready to go far in this war, which they named “the war of dignity and the sacred war” and other names that carry connotations that may not respond to calls to negotiate the end of this war and achieve peace along the lines of the discourse and approach that calls for peace that is adopted by the Commander of the Rapid Support Forces, 1st Lt. Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, it comes at a direct contrast to the Commander of the Sudanese Army rhetoric, who proved to be quite complacent with demands of the Muslim Brotherhood’s leaders, which could plunge the country into a civil war that spares no one and leaves nothing intact.
Mainly because it found in this war -they ignited on the 15th of April- an opportunity to take revenge on the glorious December revolution and the Rapid Support Forces. The latter has indeed sided with the revolution and the path of change, leading to the achievement of a State of citizenship.
The meeting represents a step in the direction of searching for solutions to the political crisis, especially since one of the parties to the signing is the head of the the Coordination-body of the Democratic and Civil Forces “TAGADOM” who has previously signed an Agreement with the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, one of the two parties to the conflict in Sudan.
The Political Declaration signed between them is considered an appreciated effort towards ending the war, and this stance confirms that the Rapid Support Forces have been working to stop the war and are quite ready to return to negotiations to stop hostilities and bridge the path towards the political process.
The Rapid Support Forces’ position in this regard is not a tactical one, but rather an unwavering position confirmed by all the speeches, stancrs and statements issued by the Rapid Support Forces leadership in regards to stopping the war and moving towards a negotiated political solution, which is the path much consistent with the position of the international community, United Nations, the African Union, the American-Saudi Mediation, the Addis Ababa Declaration, the (Hemedti – Hamdok) Agreement, as well as the recent Nairobi Declaration, all of which call for stopping the war and achieving peace.
The principles and objectives of the Nairobi Declaration are largely consistent with the general objectives of the December and April revolutions as well as the objectives of change in building the broad democratic civil project based on returning to a new founding platform for building a unified federal democratic State that stands unbiased in regards to any particular religion, culture or race and manages diversity and differences without discrimination, where citizenship is the basis of constitutional rights and duties… in addition to working to involve all Sudanese communities in the comprehensive establishment process and rebuilding civil and military institutions in a way that achieves justice in accordance with efficiency and demographic standards, as well as working to address the effects of war, achieving transitional justice, and redressing victims of injustice, marginalization, racism, and hate speech.