SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: International Politics and Society - What comes after the revolution,
Philipp Jahn of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Gerrit Kurtz of the German Council on Foreign Relations call for Sudan’s “extremely volatile political transition” to be supported via an inclusive political process whereby “participation, dialogue and political organisation cannot be limited to negotiating access to institutions within elites.”
Arguing that the emergence of stable and legitimate elected government requires properly functioning competition among political parties, the authors propose the government establishes a state-funded independently controlled mechanism to strengthen political party development, potentially funded from the profits of enterprises that the Finance Ministry takes from security forces or Sudan’s established business families, which the elected government may transform into a permanent form of democratically secured party funding.
The authors also suggest international actors support training courses and projects for self-organisation and participation down to the constituency level, with incentives for participation, dialogue and debate “needing to be essential components of international cooperation with Sudan”.