Assayha provides full details regarding SJS chairman’s resignation
The head of the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Abdel Moneim Abu Idris, announced his resignation from his position today, Wednesday.
Reliable sources in the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate revealed to (Assayha) that the crisis of Sudanese journalists within the Syndicate escalated after the Syndicate Chairperson produced a memorandum more than a month ago, bearing the signatures of a number of journalists in favor of withdrawing from the Coordination-body of the Democratic and Civil Forces (Tagadom) under pressure from the Port Sudan Authority.
The sources stated that the Syndicate Council and membership categorically rejected what was included in the (Memorandum of Ten) under pressure from what is known as (The Blabsa Journalists), refusing to collude with any party to the conflict, stressing that the Syndicate won’t be a tool for the Sudanese Military authority and support one of the parties to the conflict, indicating the weakness of his role as a correspondent for the Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Sudan in regards to conveying the suffering of the Sudanese people in the raging war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since the 15th of April (2023).
Sudanese journalists have poured out their anger over the past period on the Syndicate, accusing it of being biased in describing the violations committed by both parties to the conflict, pointing out that the Syndicate supports the Sudanese Army and the Islamist battalions.
The sources revealed information regarding a scandal and professional lapse committed by the head of the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate, Abdel Moneim Abu Idris, when he omitted any mention of the Army and the Islamist battalions from a statement submitted by the Media/Information Committee of the Syndicate in regards to the violations committed by the Sudanese Army and its allied battalions in Wad Medani in what was known as the (Canabi Massacres).
The head of the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate, that is based in Port Sudan, was subjected to pressure and questioning amongst the journalists and the Syndicate’s private groups, which prompted him to resign after his mission to satisfy the Port Sudan authorities was met with failure.
