Sudan Democracy First Group Analysis/ Position

Bright and decisive political moments in Sudan's history are rare. Among them is the signing of the New Dawn Charter on January 6th, 2013. The momentum which has been created by the birth of the New Dawn Charter will, we believe, lead it to be added to the list of Sudan's glorious days such as the declaration of Sudan's Independence on January 1st, 1956 , the Sudanese popular revolution of October 1964, the uprising of March/ April 1985, and the birth of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ( CPA) when millions of Sudanese from different ethnicities and affiliations came out on the streets to celebrate the coming of peace and to welcome Dr. John Garang to the capital Khartoum on July 9th 2005.

Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG) hereby invites every single Sudanese to be proud of the birth of the New Dawn Charter. We at SDFG have been tirelessly working with our allies and partners in the broader Sudanese civil society movement towards the unification of all Sudanese agents of democratic change. We believe that the agreement of the New Dawn Charter will come to be seen a milestone in our social and political history and have declared ourselves supporters and partners in the achievement of the Charter. This support is based on the following;

Firstly, the publication of the New Dawn Charter, including the rallying together of the major Sudanese political/ civic forces around its core vision and objectives, represents an awakening from the political shock that the Sudanese political community experienced after the secession of South Sudan and the loss of a third of the country's being. The essence of the New Dawn Charter is a genuine call for a redefinition and restructuring the Sudanese State by addressing the root causes and grievances that led to disintegration and to forcing considerable Sudanese to prefer separation instead of unity. These root causes are still pushing what remains of Sudan into further fragmentation, to the brink of the abyss.

Secondly; the New Dawn Charter embodies the most united agreement of various Sudanese forces/agents of democratic change to bring an end to the single-party system by overthrowing the almost quarter-century rule of the exclusive and controlling National Congress Party (NCP). This consensus on regime change closes the door on distractions from real transformation by false claims of reform, coups and bilateral political compromises. This principled agreement among Sudanese forces on toppling the NCP regime is the only genuine formula or pre condition for forging a comprehensive solution to the multiple and complex Sudanese crisis, and not just a piecemeal or selective one.