SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudanese govt rejects religion workshop recommendations: SPLM-N Hilu

3/11/2020: Multiple sources – Sudanese govt rejects religion workshop recommendations: SPLM-N Hilu

Sudan Tribune

Radio Dabanga

 Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction of Abdelaziz al-Hilu (SPLM-N al-Hilu) allege that the head of the Sudanese government delegation, Shams al-Din Kabbashi, rejected the recommendations of the workshop on the relationship between state and religion.

 Kuku Jagdoul, the official spokesperson for the SPLM-N al-Hilu negotiation team, said in a press statement that the two parties agreed on the version of a final report, prepared by the mediators, but that the Sudanese government delegation later voiced objections.

 Jagdoul said that after deep dialogues and discussions, accompanied by the presentation of models from international and local experts on the application of the principle of secularism in Muslim-majority countries, the parties agreed that Turkish model seems the most applicable in Sudan.

 However, Jagdoul alleges that Lt Gen Shamseldin Kabbashi and government spokesperson Mohamed El Taayshi rejected the workshop outcomes in the closing session despite being absent for most of the workshop sessions.