Members of a Darfur rebel group that signed on Friday a protocol of political and military participation with the Sudanese government were reportedly assigned positions within different state and federal levels.<\/p>\n
This Protocol is the last negotiated document between the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) breakaway led by Mohamed Bashar Ahmed and the Sudanese regime.<\/p>\n
A government source in the negotiation team told Radio Dabanga assigned the government positions comprise two ministerial, one commissioner and one consultant position within the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA); one ministerial and one commissioner position in each of the five states of Darfur; and nine posts as DRA Council members.<\/p>\n
It is up to JEM-Bashar\u2019s group to decide how to divide the government placements among themselves, the source disclosed. <\/p>\n
Speaking to Radio Dabanga, JEM-Bashar spokesman Ali Wafi confirmed the completion of all preparations and arrangements for the signing ceremony in Doha next Saturday, before the donors’ conference.<\/p>\n
He added that what has been reached would bring gains for the people of Darfur and establish “a firm peace in the region”.<\/p>\n
The source added JEM-Bashar was given placements inside the nomadic affairs department, although he was not sure for which roles.<\/p>\n
Sudan President Omar Al Bashir told Khartoum’s parliament on Monday that the Protocol confirms the support of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), “what will soon be witnessed in the donors\u2019 conference”.<\/p>\n
\u201cConspiracy\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n Rebel leader Abdel Wahid Al Nur said the donors\u2019 conference to be held next 7 and 8 April in Doha is a \u201cconspiracy\u201d against the cause of the displaced and refugees.<\/p>\n He called upon those living in camps in Darfur, in Chad and in the Central African Republic to hold protests against the summit from Tuesday until Thursday.<\/p>\n Demonstrators should stress that their essential demands are met before the establishment of a donors\u2019 conference.<\/p>\n The demands, the rebel leader said, are bringing genocide to an end, implementing security and disarming militias in Darfur.<\/p>\n File photo: Sudan National Parliament in Khartoum<\/em><\/p>\n Related<\/em>: Sudan, JEM-Bashar sign protocol on political and military participation<\/a> (29 March 2013)<\/p>\n