JEM leader: It is too early to amend the constitutional document… Joint Force is (temporary)

Interview: Osama Abdel-Majid
The leader in the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Abdel-Aziz Oshar, closed the door on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia to participate in the political future of Sudan. While he confirmed that the militia’s power has been completely broken, he said that it is now besieged and uttering its last breaths.
Meanwhile, Oshar revealed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) support for the militia amounts to 6 supply planes per day.
Oshar said, during an interview with (Sudanese Echoes), that it is too early to amend the Constitutional Document, explaining that the country needs political consensus, calling for leaving the amendment of the document or replacing it after the war, as the amendment should be done through a political platform and not by the Council of Ministers.
In a related context, Oshar defended the position of neutrality that the armed movements took during the first days of the war, by saying that the position of the neutrality was justified because the movements were not prepared to enter the war.
Regarding fears that the joint force will turn into an alternative militia to the Rapid Support Forces, Oshar said that the accusation has been repeated, stating that it is justified after the militia experience, stressing that the joint forces are temporary forces and will be integrated into the armed forces and other regular forces under the Juba Agreement. He continued, “There are no fears because they are non-permanent forces and their matter will end with the implementation of the Juba Agreement matrix.”
In a parallel context, Oshar denied that JEM represents a single clan, referring to the Zaghawa ethnicity, affirming that the movement’s leadership is smarter than to reduce the movement to individuals or families. He added, “This claim is contradicted by reality,” denying that the movement’s leader, Gebreil Ibrahim, inherited the leadership after the departure of his brother Khalil, stressing that he was elected and has nothing to do with inheritance.