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Differences between Sudan’s government and Darfur’s LJM ‘are over’, says official
April 28, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The state’s minister in Sudan’s cabinet and the official spokesperson for the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), Ahmed Fadul, disclosed on Sunday that they had reached an agreement with Khartoum on outstanding issues that led to the group suspending their participation in the government.
Sudan’s Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) leader Tijani Al-Sissi, speaks to the AFP during an interview in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on August 7, 2012. (ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/GettyImages)
Fadul said in a statement to Al-Khartoum daily that the memo containing their demands, which was presented to the 1st vice-president, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, fell on a weekend and thus was mistakenly understood to mean they had frozen their membership in the government.
The LJM spokesperson said measures have been taken by Khartoum regarding political issues at the national level, as well as procedures and decrees concerning Darfur states.
He stressed that LJM’s members in the legislative and executive branches are carrying out their work as normal, citing the participation of the chairman of Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Dr Tijani Al-Sissi, in a political event yesterday, who was also quoted as saying “now I am in my office”.
On Thursday, Sudan Tribune learned that LJM had decided to temporarily pull out of the government, warning of further measures should it not respond to their grievances within 24 hours.
A source familiar with the matter told Sudan Tribune that LJM feels that Khartoum is dragging its feet on implementing the security portion of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) signed in mid-2011.
The government also did not fulfil its obligation of integrating LJM members into the civil service, the source said.
Furthermore, the LJM is furious over Khartoum’s move to close the International Republican Institute (IRI) and expelling its staff without consulting the DRA.
In the same context, sources confirmed to Al-Khartoum that the LJM has formed three committees to follow up on all outstanding issues with the government, including security arrangements, civil service, and other matters.
According to the same source, the director of the IRI will arrive in Khartoum today to sign a joint cooperation agreement with Sudan’s ministry of foreign affairs allowing IRI to continue its activities in Sudan.
(ST)
Article source: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article46391
Former Darfur rebels threaten to leave government
Former rebel group Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) is threatening to suspend its participation in the government if their grievances are not acknowledged within 24 hours. LJM signed a peace treaty with Khartoum in 2011 but it says the government is delaying its implementation.
In line with the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) former rebel fighters are entitled to be absorbed into the national armed forces or to be assigned to political posts, for example.
Earlier this month, Radio Dabanga reported that members of the Ceasefire Commission of LJM claimed not receiving their salaries for one year and they had threatened to quit the peace treaty if the issue was not resolved.
A minister of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) said the arrangement’s implementation was delayed because signatories are not able to discern the troops who joined the treaty before and after it was signed in 2011. However, LJM spokesman dismissed the minister’s claims soon after.
The 24-hour ultimatum to suspend LJM’s participation in the government was conveyed in a letter from the group’s head Dr. Tijani Sese to the first Vice-President of Sudan Ali Osman Taha.
Sese is also chairman of DRA, which was created within the framework of the peace treaty and it is tasked with implementing the agreement. The body comprises former rebel fighters as some of its members.
Furthermore, LJM is furious over Khartoum’s move to close the International Republican Institute (IRI) and expelling its staff without consulting the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Sudan Tribune says.
IRI is working with Sudan to support the implementation of the DDPD and is working with DRA-appointed LJM members to provide training on the skills essential to their duties as legislators, as stated on its website.
File photo: 14 July 2011: Ceremony of the Signing of Agreement between The Government of the Republic of the Sudan and the Liberation and Justice Movement for the Adoption of the Doha Darfur Peace Document, at the Sheraton Hotel, Doha, the state of Qatar (Olivier Chassot/ UNAMID)
Related: Darfur’s LJM denies claims of Doha security arrangement delay (3 April 2013)
Article source: http://www.radiodabanga.org/node/47423
Darfur LJM suspends participation in government, delivers 24-hour ultimatum
April 25, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) headed by al-Tijani al-Sissi today suspended its participation in government and warned of further measures should it not respond to their grievances within 24 hours.
Presidential adviser Ghazi Salah Al-Deen and LJM leader Tijani el-Sissi wave the DDPD in Doha on 14 July 2011 (photo UNAMID)
The move was formally conveyed in a letter from LJM to Sudanese 1st Vice President Ali Osman Taha.
A source familiar with the matter told Sudan Tribune on Thursday that LJM feels that Khartoum is dragging its feet about implementing the security portion of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) signed in mid-2011.
The government also did not fulfill its obligation of integrating LJM members into the civil service, the source said.
Furthermore, the LJM is furious over Khartoum’s move to close the International Republican Institute (IRI) and expelling its staff without consulting the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA).
The IRI website says it is working in Sudan to support the implementation of the DDPD and is working with DRA-appointed LJM members to provide training on the skills essential to their duties as legislators. It is also helping LJM transition into an organized, effective political party and is conducting trainings to build the political capacity and knowledge of party members.
The LJM believes Khartoum’s action is in violation of VP Taha’s promise at the Darfur donors conference in Doha earlier this month to facilitate the work of NGO’s and will discourage others from working in Sudan.
The source refused to detail what LJM might do at the end of the 24-hour deadline if the Sudanese government does not respond positively to their demands.
(ST)
Article source: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article46363
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