SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudanese opposition seeks postponement in deal with military

19/7/19: Multiple sources – Sudanese opposition seeks postponement in deal with military

• AP, by Noha Elhennawy

• AFP

Sudan’s pro-democracy movement is seeking to postpone the signing of the contentious “Constitutional Declaration," the second part of agreed upon power-sharing deal, saying it needs more time to resolve differences among its members.

The two sides were to finalise a "Constitutional Declaration" to thrash out crucial remaining issues, including whether to give immunity to generals accused of being behind violence against protesters, the formation of a transitional parliament and the role of paramilitaries.

However, protest leaders said that the three rebel groups that are part of the Declaration of Freedom and Change coalition expressed reservations over Wednesday's deal.

Omar Al Digair, the leader of the Sudanese Congress Party, one of the leading parties of the DFC coalition, told AFP that he is going to Addis Adaba to get the opinion of the Sudan Revolutionary Front, which has been fighting government forces in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan for years.