The Battle of Negotiations – Signs – ✍️ Rashid Abdel Rahim
It is the major initiatives aimed at organizing a round of negotiations between Sudan and the rebels that give it the status of a battle, especially since we will be confronted with diverse ambitions and objectives.
The war was imposed on us, so we entered it unanimously and were able to accomplish a lot.
If negotiations are imposed on us, we have the strength and determination to win the battle of negotiations as we won the battles of war.
Our delegation must accept it with the certainty that it represents all of Sudan, as opposed to a delegation that represents a rogue military force formed by one tribe and led by one family.
Our delegation must lead the negotiations, emphasizing that the war that everyone is seeking to end is a war against the Sudanese people, not against the army, and that the aggression took place against civilians and their property.
The composition of the government delegation represents all of Sudan, its parties and institutions, and it sits before a delegation whose leaders are unknown and whose members are scattered and absent from the fighting, actually participating in it and accepting stolen property from citizens.
We know for sure that international parties are not trustworthy in negotiations, especially those that are motivated by their internal goals and elections, and not by their humanitarian values.
International organizations that are supposed to keep the peace are dysfunctional and controlled by those in power, not by stakeholders or values of justice.
International promises are tools of anesthesia, and their end is denial and extinction, and we have the experience of peace in the South.
International aid and post-agreement aid are nothing more than a supply line for the rebellion, and for us in the south it is a lifeline of experience.
All this is just evidence and argument, but it should not prevent us from approaching the negotiations with an open heart. If peace is achieved, it will be better for all of us, the Sudanese people.
If dialogue fails, rebellion will become stubborn. Fighting is welcome, and they have learned from us will, strength and capacity.
