SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Multiple sources – Analysts comment on the constitutional declaration

4/8/19: Multiple sources – Analysts comment on the constitutional declaration

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz

• Financial Times, by Tom Wilson

 Analysts reactions to Sudan’s constitutional declaration downplayed its impact.

 Majdi Gizouli, a Sudanese academic and fellow of the Rift Valley Institute told Reuters that: “it is not the first time that Sudan signed some sort of agreement to resolve very difficult political questions,” but added ““I think if there is reason for optimism, the reason is not in the negotiation rooms, the reason is in this popular movement that doesn’t want to go away.”

 Former UK ambassador to Khartoum Dame Rosalind Marsden told the Financial Times that the deal is “significant step forward” but conceded that “there is no room for complacency.” Marsden added that “controlling the Rapid Support Forces, dismantling the deep state and stabilising the economy are still huge challenges.”