President Al Bashir has issued a decree for the prolongation of Darfur
regional authority (DRA) for one year more , this decision comes shortly after
finishing the timeframe agreed by the parties for implementation of Doha
document for Darfur peace (DDPD), and the decree included annexed protocol
calling the four Doha partners to discuss ways for DRA restructure, the relevant
parties are; justice and liberation
party, national justice and liberation party, justice and equality movement led
by Dobojo and justice and equality movement of abdelbanat.
In fact, the real challenge facing DDPD is not to give a new life to dead body of DRA, but how to reawaken this unmoving DRA body and reformulate it to cope with the new reality looming on the
ground and to react effectively by making
genuine , tangible difference on ground.
Actually, after four years of DRA foundation, the outcomes are dismaying and frustrating
due lack of any tangible performance for DRA on the ground and many observers
as well as people of Darfur on Idea that DDPD is good reached agreement but
worst implementation by DRA led to her failure
to respect its obligation towards people
of Darfur.
the majority of Darfur people, political leaders, civil
societies activist and traditional leaders are very perplex and doubtful about
the method used by Dr, Tigani to run DRA affairs, as frequently they are accusing
him for deliberately contributing in failure of DRA by inactiveness, resorting
to corruption, nepotism, exclusion, and adopting divide to rule policy which
callously backed in divisions of Darfur community and resulted in unprecedented
tribal tensions and general frustration.
29,07,2015, The former health minister of DRA Mr, Osman
Bushra in an interview delivered to (Almighar) newspaper, in answering to a
question whether the reason beyond
failure of DDPD refers to weakness of
the agreement or in its implementation? He said” the agreement is excellent,
we are very good in editing the provisions, but when time comes to
implementation the defect occurs, DRA from the very beginning has diverted, the
blatant evidence for its deviation is’ the executive body became in hand of one
man, thus the innovative ideas and transparency lost, this happen because there
is no agreed vision for how to run DRA, due to lack of DRA’s cabinet’s meetings, it
totally absent!. the chairman is dictator and the ministers are weak so there
is no a real institution”.
What's more, in response to question about corruption
allegations in DRA he said” what I witnessed as I was a part of the DRA, in
my ministry I had 40 employees in the structure but only 18 of them were
appointed till I quitted my post, that to say 24 post were endorsed and their
salary comes but I don’t know where this money go? That mean 60% of ministry
structure is endorsed and its budget comes but don’t reach the ministry, this
happened and I sent relevant report but nothing happened. And same thing
happens in many DRA’s ministries. Also there are many corruption’s indications
like exporting spoiled food which cost billion SGD and rejected by the beneficiaries,
also there are evidences of administrative corruption, to proof that; from last
April till now five people from the same tribe were appointed in key position
in DRA”.
08, 2015, Dr, Faroog Ahmed Adam, veteran Darfuri political
leader, member of ruling National congress party (NCP) and the mastermind of
(Document for Just and comprehensive peace in Darfur – the third path),He
fiercely attacked the DRA; saying that it failed to implement Doha document for the
Peace in Darfur (DDPD), Labeling the over -mediatized achievements of DRA as (propaganda). In his interview with Elgerida daily,
on 17,08,2015, answering to this question, did you receive any reports on
financial or administrative corruption in Darfur regional authority (DRA)? “There
is financial and administrative corruption, the best way to deal with this
issue is the government should form a judiciary committee, from our side we
called for the interference of general auditory to revise the financial
corruption In (DRA) in previous four years, particularly the problem of
corruption is shaped up the public opinion, peace friends and donors see it
doubtfully, while the frustration prevails among the people of Darfur, the
facts should be revealed’. He said.
Nearly, all observers and signatories to Doha Document for
peace in Darfur (DDPD) on the idea that government’s officials participant in
implementation of DDPD, consciously or unconscious have contributed in failure
of DRA, particularly, the office of Darfur peace headed by Dr., Amin Hassan
omer. This bureau which founded to help and facilitate DDPD implementation,
instead, it became a real problem; here I quote what said by Faroog in his
response to a question. Do you refer the causes beyond failure of DDPD to government
official participant in DDPD’s implementation?
He answered “Our brothers who are responsible for DDPD in the party
(NCP) were included in the assessment which based on subjective criteria,
accordingly their performance was mediocre, they didn’t contributed in
upholding the peace process as they are integral part of executive apparatus,
that why we should record a serious
stance and criticize it to pave the way for real peace”.
However, Mr, Osman Bushra
openly criticized the office of
Darfur peace being a part of dilemma not solution, in his exposures to Almighar
daily newspaper as responding to his interviewer over question; where was the role of government , did it
aware about what happening? He said” the government has an office to fellow-up
the (DDPD) which responsible for following up and providing reports .. But the
office completely neglected its role furthermore it becomes a apart of occurred
defect, and that is clear in time of disagreement between Abugarda – Saisi ,
the fellow-up office supposed to be arbiter
but it took the side of Saisi , thus it became part of crisis and there
are many evidences for that.
I sum up , the Aforementioned revelations are strongly back
up the unceasing corruption’s accusations and other horrifying remarks on DRA made
by different circles in Darfur including Mr Abugarda the chairman of (LJP) who recently
challenged Saisi for televised debate to response to these allegations but
Saissi as usually stayed nonchalance. Consequently,
it is absurd talking about prolongation to DDPD without taking serious
procedures leading to guanine change in DRA’s structure at all level, including
expeditious removal of Tingani Saissi from DRA’s chairmanship by replacing him
by more dynamic, serious and unanimous figure. taking into consideration that
DDPD became integral part of Sudan’s constitution, so by imposing Sassi again
at head of DRA will only lead to reproduction of crisis a new, as long as he
failed to implement the agreement on ground, he failed to keep his own movement
united also blamed for orchestrating in fragmentation other DDPD signatories
groups (Dobogo), so how can we wait
reunification, redemption or pacification in Darfur from such controversy
personality?.
