Umma Initiative for National Contract

   Principles:

A summary of The Nation Initiative for National Contract  (NC)

The NC is aiming to achieve the following:

      1)         Reconciliation between National unity and Religious Rights.

      2)         The fair distribution of wealth revenues, correction of developmental imbalances and the achievement of social justice.

      3)         A democratic balanced decentralized system of governance at all levels.

   4)     Elimination and correction of developmental, administrative and cultural grievances of the disputed marginalized areas. Their freely elected representatives should determine the future of these areas.

      5)         Guarantee the Human Rights preservation.

      6)         A transitional period based on consent in the first third and free and fair election after that.

      7)         Free and fair election.

      8)         Drafting a constitution for the democratic civil decentralized state, a constitution that represents the will of the Sudanese people and will be ratified by the elected parliament.

      9)         Strong security forces to take care of citizens and the national state.

  10)   Confession of the past mistakes and injustice and apology for that to purify the political life. The need for accountability accompanied by encouraging the values of reconciliation and forgiveness.

    11)      To change the current bilateral agreement into national abiding agreement.

    12)      To ensure a suitable representation for SPLM/A in the central government whatever the results of the election, and to avoid the exclusive attitudes.

    13)      To ensure the ruling party and to encourage forgiveness and to avoid isolation.

    14)      To ensure the transition from the one-party state to the national state.

    15)      A national measures, mechanisms and institutions as internal guarantees for the agreement.

    16)      Regional guarantees.

    17)      International participation to achieve peace, democracy and development and to guarantee the agreement.

    18)      Erasing the physical, moral and psychological effects of war. Programs to resettle and rehabilitate refugees and the displaced.

    19)      To correct administrative and developmental imbalances in the least developed areas.

    20)      A charter for partisan reform to ensure their democracy and nationality.

    21)      A social charter to make a balance between the historical achievements and the interests of the trade unions and syndicates at one hand and the national interests on the other hand, and to avoid politicization of them.

    22)      Journalism charter to make a balance between freedom of press and the national responsibility of the journalists.

    23)      Healthy foreign relations.

    24)      Polices towards the Sudanese abroad.

    25)      A religious charter calls for respect of all faiths, positive interaction and peaceful coexistence.

    26)      A cultural charter calls for respect of cultural plurality, peaceful coexistence and acculturation.

    27)      Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.

    28)      A program for sustainable development based on free market economy accompanied by protection of vulnerable sections of society.

    29)      National census with International Aid.

    30)      Cancellation of foreign debts.

The initiative was almost welcomed by all political forces.

After several sessions of bilateral and multilateral dialogue culminated in a collective meeting, a National Committee emerged and was supposed to discuss the NC and to present the final draft to be ready for adoption and signature. After such a step the document could be considered a national charter representative of the Sudanese opinion.

Unfortunately the security authorities are trying to abort this effort, they summoned many of the political forces representatives and accused they for preparing to public uprising and they arrested some of them.

These acts and other antagonize and hinder the progress of the CPS and its two pillars: the just sustainable peace and the democratic transformation.        

    Concerning the EC and the GOS talks and the democratization process, we suggest the following:

                                   ¨         To link the progress of the EC/GOS dialogue and normalization with the commitment of the GOS to Human Rights preservation and Democratization.

                                   ¨         A protocol for Human Rights should be reached at the current peace talks and should be part and parcel of the peace agreement .An independent national corporation for Human Rights should be established.

Umma Party

April 5, 2003

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