Sudanese opposition calls for negotiated solution

Two Sudanese opposition parties stressed that the solution in Darfur district will not be militarily, rather political through negotiations between the central government and the rebels.

In two press interviews with Muhammad Abdullah Adouma, member of the political bureau of the Ummah party, and Muhammad al-Hassan al-Amin of the political leadership of the People's Congress led by Sheikh Hassan al-Turabi, the two officials stressed their rejection for the "military solution" and expressed their support for a " political solution." The two men explained they prefer "direct negotiations between the rebels and the government of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and that they oppose any foreign intervention, but simultaneously refused their participation in any political operation for a settlement for Darfur crisis with the government's side.

Adouma who comes from Darfur and is its Bar- association chairman and also the official in charge of " Darfur file " in the Ummah party stressed " we have proposed our view point for solutions but the government ignored it." For his part, Elamin, former assistant ruler of Darfur stressed that the " government is responsible for the deterioration of conditions in Darfur and for the crisis which threatens Sudan of a foreign intervention."