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Crime and punishment in respect of Sudan : Bashir bracelet choice between Dahab and the fate of Nimeiri

04-15-2014 02:13 AM

D . Abdulwahab Mandarin



In the dialogue session held between the Sudanese parties on the sixth of this month , was among the participants d . Fatima Abdamahmoud , representative of the Social Democratic Union Party , the party of being the remnants of the former regime of President Jaafar Nimeiri . Not only has Dr. participate like any other legal party , it has entered into an argument with the leader of the Umma Party Sadiq al-Mahdi because of his criticism of the system Nimeiri , and defended its record in the field of peace and the defense of the unity of Sudan .



On the face of it , the scene is in furtherance of the principles of dialogue , we are witnessing here to defend and pluralistic attitudes , especially in light of Dr. Abdamahmoud claim to respect this difference in attitudes and not to offend the party involved . But in fact, this incident embody the core of the dilemma in the dialogue . It is true that most of the political forces , including the Mahdi Party , participated in the Nimeiri regime in varying degrees. But this is not the issue, because the Mahdi , for example, participated in the system on the basis of a reconciliation agreement was assume that the system is moving towards a democratic transition has not been fulfilled . There are others , led by leftist groups led by the Communist Party , on the basis of ideological participated in the ' May Revolution ' , and their problem is that they are present , as is the case with Sheikh al-Turabi faction of the Islamic Movement , are still in denial about that role .



But there is a difference between those who participated in a dictatorial regime and then decline , even in a state of denial or recognition , and those who still defends the system maximum of each of his opponents and remained in that state until he collapsed . But there is disagreement between those who stayed with the system until the end and then repented or pretended to repent after that, between pretending not just pretending to repent for the exclusion of all other political forces . How are entitled to such a group to sit around a table to discuss participation, which is not accepted by a power , and did not apologize or back down from this position ?



This applies to the case more closely on the current situation, with the important difference is that the current system before participating partially since 1998 , and more broadly after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. , But gimmick and continues to this acceptance , as demonstrated in his administration for the 2010 elections , which excluded practically everyone . The back of exclusion as well as in the actual non-compliance with the current constitution , which allows freedom of expression and association , and does not give any powers of the security services to arrest or detention , not to mention the confiscation of newspapers and even control what and even published in the The edit, and manage and operate.



The government has taken partial steps towards addressing the issue through the pledge by providing greater freedoms to create an atmosphere for dialogue . But this is not the end of it , because the purpose of the dialogue is not to be , however, the freedom granted by any party or even prevent it , but it is available to everyone all the time , and without mode. This means that there will be free and fair elections produce an elected government reflect the popular choice free . But this in turn raises the question of what Stffersh free elections in a position such as Sudan suffers from fragmentation and fragmentation , and there is no guarantee that a stable alliance highlights across the country avoid further disruption , respect and settling accounts . That needs to be a lot of effort and a few creative thinking in order to achieve the desired transformation .



In the ongoing debate currently there is confusion between the challenges of realism required to address them , most notably to secure agreement on a peaceful way out of the current crisis , and demands exemplary achievement of full justice , and punish the perpetrators of the abuses , and the installation of an elected government backed by the majority of the people , and completely free of all perpetrators of crimes . But without so many difficulties , the first being that there is no class today in Sudan had not been contaminated their hands with the blood of the Sudanese and the looting of their rights. I had commented in earlier intervention during the transition period that the Sudanese Council of Ministers formed at the time of the NCP and the SPLM and their allies is the largest gathering of war criminals in the world.



There are long waits for a statement of account most of the components of the Sudanese political class , because of his hands did not hand delivered his tongue . The crimes of government information has gone out stirrups , but opponents of the armed groups have not received their hands of the blood of the innocent , and aggression , assassinations and looting , and the livelihood and the imprisonment of relief for Almlhov and trapped , and other than knowing God Almighty . It did not participate directly participated by proxy , in favor of the tongue , or a member of a group or grouping or alliance supported the perpetrators of sins . Has not been announced , but few of repentance that sin , as well as the conviction of the perpetrators of sins . Many of the categories , such as some of the Darfur factions , earned two honors : Vartkpt a major in the right of innocent people , then coincided with the government Vetoatot with them in bad deeds , then returned some of them to commit sins for the authenticity of the same , and so on in a vicious circle .



It may be a solution that shows the Mahdi , will separate the wicked from the good , and eliminates the criminals can be good , but this issue is not in our hands and not the hands of dialogue conferences . And without it the criminals to announce their repentance and surrender to the competent authorities even eliminate them say his rule. If you place the system administrators today , from their boss what without him, to quickly deliver myself to the nearest judge repent to God , because it is much easier than to stand one day of resurrection before God Almighty opponent to thousands of innocent children, women and elderly people who died were killed or starved including earned our hands .



Much has been said , for example, for the crimes committed in Darfur , but one incident struck me about the narrator confidence , that the militias backed by the army attacked the village came out of the mosque a group of boys were busy to save the Quran before the attack , and their hands panels that copying where it memorized , not Inghm that of their lethality . Ya see , it is pleased to stand before God on his question those killed any guilt ? Is not it better for the responsible for such a crime to kill a thousand times in this life than to stand this situation?



Whatever the case , this is not in our hands as well , repentance from Allah . The weakest of faith is to recognize all of Garv sin in people's right to his guilt publicly , and ask for forgiveness from the victims , and that the focus of the committees of the frankness and reconciliation. It is not useful to reconcile people to denial and suppression of facts or by turning a blind eye , because the weakest of faith is the denial of evil , and the compact will not be repeated crimes.



This brings us back to the core issue , which is the form of the transition is required , and the weakest of faith should not be a continuation of the situation of exclusion , with the continuation of exclusion built on denial and justification as under some followers of Nimeiri doing. It must also safeguards against the use of a democratic state apparatus again , especially the judiciary and the regular forces and public money as political tools in the hands of political parties and forces to settle scores , and that these institutions are barricaded against any interference outside the scope of the law and the principles of neutrality .



Included in this should not be a political deals for the sharing of positions and jobs , and to be elected to political office , and administrative positions capacity and efficiency.



But this all depends on a political decision from the leadership of the current system . Faced with two options for President Bashir , to follow the curriculum team Abdulrahman bracelet Dahab , who handed over power to an elected government after one year of receiving her first two FXP Hamad and others, or continue on the approach of his predecessor, Nimeiri , who did not deliver , but reluctant . Of course, there are important differences , because the bracelet Dahab , D God in his day , did not commit in the custody of a major , did not use coercion to stay in power , on the contrary, rejected proposals to extend the transitional period for another two years as demanded so many political forces . But this does not deny that if al-Bashir has taken a strategic choice to transfer power and laying the foundations for the rule of law , the position in the history of Sudan has changed dramatically.



Asking permission is ' ideal - and realistic ' , the purpose of nearby peaceful transition towards a stable system , deviate from the institutions of the state between the political forces in conflict , and be than cleansing the state of the elements of the crime and the adoption of the principles of justice away from the tendencies of revenge , and also tendencies ' Alttehrah ' which we learned the earliest date they excuses to commit the most heinous crimes under the guise of ideological , as was the case with the current system and the system in May Hakpth leftist revolutionary . There is no need for the country to return to the dark tunnel under any pretext , even if the justice.

Therefore, we are in need of starting to the courageous decision of the regime to accept the response comes to people , but there is a need to further the strategic thinking to ensure that lead the transition to the fragmentation and disintegration of the political result in ' SOMALISATION peaceful ' threaten stability as we have seen in periods of democratic precedent ( and even semi- democratic , as was the case in Darfur, in the early eighties and the south at the end of the seventies and early eighties , as well as offline ) . This means that there is a need , above dialogue , to think deeply and creatively , and contributions by intellectuals , academics and experts to ask formulas and drawing lessons from past experiences .



' Sudanese writer and researcher based in London

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