The failure of a political contingency plan

Sabah Mohammed Al-Hasan 

 

 

Mohammed Al-Ratian says:

 

Glory doesn’t lie in reading a book written by your ancestors. True glory lies in writing a line in a book that your grandchildren will read! The December Revolution wrote the book of glory and history, to be the hope of the future!

 

A failed “contingency” political plan aimed at outlining an urgent political solution to the Sudanese crisis, hoping to extricate Al-Burhan’s allies from the impasse of their support for him. This came after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the Arab Republic of Egypt realized that their support for the general served the interests of the Muslim Brotherhood and served to “fatten” Islamist brigades. In other words, Al-Burhan was “raising” a “black mamba” under his military wing.

 

This disturbed the major decision-making powers, who expressed their dissatisfaction with the immunity granted to Al-Burhan by the allies, while simultaneously extending the security umbrella to the Brotherhood.

 

Therefore, their dissatisfaction resulted in an attempt to find a quick solution that would achieve the two countries’ goals of preserving Al-Burhan’s position as Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) while simultaneously separating the Brotherhood, as the latter’s mentality has dominated the military establishment’s decisions, being the current “decision-maker”!

 

They were also driven by fear of the spread of terrorism, in addition to international pressure urging allies to support the international solution option of restoring democratic rule under civilian leadership.

 

Therefore, the urgent plan to salvage the situation was to form a broad civil front bringing together diverse political factions. Egypt had preceded this development at the London Conference by explicitly inviting the Conference to support the Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue initiative in Cairo!

 

Sources stated that the plan proposed Omar Al-Degair, the head of the Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP), to lead the civil front for a solution, according to its vision.

 

Al-Burhan traveled to Cairo to review the details of the proposed plan, but was surprised by information confirming the head of the Sudanese Congress Party’s rejection of the plan, as long as Al-Burhan would be part of the solution. The sources confirmed that this wasn’t the first time Al-Degair had rejected a solution that would preserve Al-Burhan’s position!

 

Whether it was a rejection, in his own name or on behalf of his Party, of any compromise solutions that would bring Al-Burhan back into the picture, or an adherence to the principle of a comprehensive solution in accordance with the vision of the the Civil Democratic Alliance of the Revolutionary Forces (Sumoud), especially since the Sudanese Congress Party represents a fundamental pillar of this alliance and is one of the Parties that has remained steadfast and committed to its position of rejecting war.

 

As a result, Al-Burhan returned from Cairo weighted down with two disappointments: the first of which was the urgent demand to sever ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and its brigades, and the second was his conviction that the leader of the Sudanese Congress Party, Omar Al-Degair, by rejecting the proposed solution, had blocked a new path for him to return to power.

 

Hence, Al-Burhan made an appearance and attacked the revolution using Al-Degair’sfamous quote, “Glory be to the tires,” in a clear and direct message to Omar Al-Degair personally, conveying: “Since you have rejected my return, from today on, there is no glory to tires, only glory to the rifle!” Meaning, there is no peaceful solution and no civilian government, only military rule.

 

Al-Burhan is rather well aware that his message to Al-Degair will reach him and he will understand it. At the same time, it could also serve as a fierce attack on the December Revolution, creating a distraction that would divert public opinion from its focus on getting rid of the Islamists.

 

The main plan that bothers him, and which he was unable to overcome, was in his speech when he said, “The Army is not the army of the Islamists (Al-Kizan).” This is a phrase that would never be associated with an attack on the revolution, except in a specialized speech, in which Al-Burhan intended his “preamble” to be mere fabrications.

 

Attacking the Islamists and their armed brigades is currently more dangerous to the general than attacking the peaceful revolution!

 

Al-Burhan intended by his denial that the Army was not their Army, so that the message would be conveyed abroad that he was committed to removing them. However, he had to distract them by attacking the revolution so that they wouldn’t besiege him with conspiracies and plots. 

 

If Al-Burhan had attacked the remnants of the ousted regime and stated that, “The Army is not the Army of the Islamists (Al-Kizan),” the remnants would have exposed his plan and learned that something had happened during his visit to Egypt that threatened their existence, and they would have prepared whatever conspiracy they could against him. Nevertheless, the man is trying to escape in several ways!

 

The general is excused, because the dilemma of eliminating the Islamists is the most dangerous type of battle for him. Therefore, his attack on the revolution reveals the critical psychological and political suffering the general is currently experiencing.

 

Strangely, the revolution mistakenly placed him in this position, and he knows that it won’t repeat this mistake again. Therefore, the man will remain terrified, reassured only by his rifle, which has no glory or history other than claiming the lives of innocents.

 

Glory be to the tires, as long as the revolution tried to teach him a lesson in patriotism when it granted him the opportunity to be a leader, but he failed even to write his name on its notebook!

 

Glory be to the tires, which he betrayed its promise and covenant, and was consequently struck by the curse of the martyrs, stripping him of their acceptance, leaving him lost, ostracized, and isolated.

 

Glory be to the tires, which was burned so that the homeland might live, and shame on those who burned the homeland so that they might live!!

 

Glory be to the tires, to the glorious December Revolution, and the “fully aware” Sudanese people.

 

Shame on the rifle that killed, raped, robbed, displaced, plundered, and destroyed the entire country.

 

Shame on those who try to build glory on the corpses of the innocent, only to discover that they -themselves- are dead while being alive!!

 

In Conclusion:

 

Long live the free and long live the “terrifying” December Revolution, which, despite its peacefulness, remained valiant, proud, and courageous, while the tyrants remained fearful and trembling behind their rifles!!

 

Al-Jareeda