February 25, 2012 (KHARTOUM) —Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF)
formally announced this week the composition of its Leadership Council
after the election of Malik Agar of the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement (SPLM) as chairman of the rebel alliance.
The coalition includes the SPLM, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)
and the two faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid
al-Nur (SPM-AW) and Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM). It calls to topple the
Sudanese government by all the political and military means.
In a press release signed by SRF spokesperson Abu Elgasim al-Haj, the
alliance said that Abdel Wahid al-Nur was elected as a Vice-Chairman of
the Leadership Council and leads the political sector, Minni Minnawi is
Vice Chairman of Leadership Council and responsible of Financial
sector, JEM’s Gibril Ibrahim is elected Vice President for external
relations sector.
Abdel Wahid, according to the spokesperson, will be seconded in his
office by Buthaina Ibrahim Dinar (SPLM-N), Elryaih Mahmoud (SLM-MM),
Ahmed Adam Bakheit (JEM) and Mustafa Sharif Mohamed (SLM-AW). While
Minnawi will manage the financial sector with the support of three
members of from JEM, SLM-AW and SLM-MM.
The external affairs sector of Gibril Ibrahim includes, Yasir Arman
(SPLM) as secretary for foreign affairs, Trayo Ahmed Ali (SPM-MM) for
humanitarian affairs, Tahir Faki (JEM) without a specific portfolio,
besides the spokesperson who represents SLM-AW.
Khartoum accuses Juba of sponsoring the meeting and alleges it was
held in Juba, where Ibrahim Gambari, Darfur peace mediator ad interim,
was this week to press the south Sudanese government to encourage the
rebel groups to join the peace process. But Juba dismissed the
accusations. the rebels say they met in the SPLM held areas in South
Kordofan.
The leadership of the rebel alliance is obviously dominated by the
SPLM-N which also took the command of the military operations. Abdel
Aziz al-Hilu is confirmed as commander in chief.
Different rebel sources close to the meeting admitted the existence
of some divergences among the SRF members, as JEM felt that the two SLM
factions were acting to prevent it from taking any leading role
representing its preeminence in Darfur like the position of commander in
chief which it coveted.
Minnawi also was not happy with the financial sector which would not
allow him to play political role satisfying his personal ambition.
However, all the parties agree that the most important is to work
together and workout the necessary plans on the political,
organizational, and military levels to topple the regime. "We are
resolved to work hand to hand for the salute of the Sudanese people,"
said a rebel official who minimized the divergences.
The rebel groups said are disposed to work with all the other
opposition parties and called on all the opposition forces to join them
stressing they have no regional but national objectives to establish a
democratic regime where justice and liberties should be respected in all
the country.
In Khartoum, the political parties seem not very enthusiastic to join
the rebel alliance at least publically. The opposition Uma party of the
former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi showed his opposition to the armed
struggle to remove the regime.
However, the ruling National Congress Party accuses the Popular
Congress Party of Hassan al-Turabi of working with the rebels, but the
Islamist opposition party rejected these accusations.
(ST)
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