26/4/2022: Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy – The Charters of Sudan’s Political Landscape, by Muzan Alneel

Muzan Alneel, cofounder of the ISTiNAD think-tank, reviewed two Resistance Committee (RC) charters that are shaping the post-coup political landscape - the Revolutionary Charter for People’s Power (RCPP) and the Charter for the Establishment of the People’s Authority (CEPA) – arguing that they have “an incomparably higher chance of bringing stable peace” than UNITAMS’ report that “had largely no impact on public discourses”.

RCPP analysed Sudan’s historic underdevelopment and proposed that grassroots-led government comprising of local councils focuses on national development projects that transform Sudan from rentier economy to industrialised. CEPA is similar but favours a centralised approach to governance, thereby reflecting Sudanese revolutionary debate.

By the contrast, the UNITMAS report “confirmed the disconnect of the international community and its unwillingness to seriously address” Sudan’s political landscape as it offered “superficial and internationally-centred” understanding of Sudan’s economy that neglects how pre-coup IMF-related austerity measures already worsened public economic plight.