{"id":20018489,"date":"2022-11-13T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-new.dabangasudan.org\/all-news\/article\/trilateral-mechanism-and-sudan-bar-talks-to-break-political-impasse-underway"},"modified":"2022-11-13T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T12:30:00","slug":"trilateral-mechanism-and-sudan-bar-talks-to-break-political-impasse-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/trilateral-mechanism-and-sudan-bar-talks-to-break-political-impasse-underway","title":{"rendered":"Trilateral Mechanism and Sudan Bar talks to break political impasse underway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trilateral mechanism of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), African Union (AU), and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), began chairing talks with the <\/strong>Sudanese Bar Association's (SBA) steering committee on Thursday, in an effort to implement their transitional constitutional framework.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the groups aiming to broker the transitional talks<\/a>, the military have expressed that they “do not want unelected civilian representatives and stakeholders interfering in the affairs of the army during the transitional period”.<\/p>\n

The trilateral mechanism<\/a> reportedly called on the military to present a united front<\/a> in supporting the support the draft constitution, adding that fundamental issues such as transitional justice “needs to be addressed”.<\/p>\n

Concerning the potential elections following a successful transition brokerage, UNITAMS-AU-IGAD stated that political parties and politicians should start preparing for elections, if they would like an “entry point for participation in the government”.<\/p>\n

The trilateral mechanism called on people to support the SBA<\/a> constitution talks and accept the terms of the military during the transitional phase.<\/p>\n

‘Committee impersonators’ <\/strong><\/p>\n

Khartoum resistance committee coordinators confirmed that they were not part of the meeting that the trilateral mechanism said they held with resistance committees on Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to the Khartoum committees, none of the coordinators authorised anyone to the attend talks, “let alone act on their behalf”.<\/p>\n

In a statement by the coordination committees, they sated that all liaison officers to the resistance representatives in Khartoum are known to all “UN bodies, diplomatic missions, and representatives”, as a number of invitations have been sent previously.<\/p>\n

The committees maintained their position in rejecting any political settlement with the junta, adding that the “current political impasse can only end with the overthrow of the military”.<\/p>\n