Weekly Press Columns Digest
29 November, 2020
KHARTOUM (Sudanow) – The most-noted three local issues of the foregoing week that have been reviewed by newspapers’ columnists include the demise of Elsadiq al-Mahdi, a renowned political and religious leader; the recent surfacing of certain media voices calling for the dissolving of the dis-empowerment committee; and a recently emerging disintegration and conflict phenomenon among revolutionary components.
In her column at “Eljareeda” newspaper journalist Nahid Gurnas wrote about the passing away of Sudan’s ex-prime minister, Elsadiq al-Mahdi, Imam of the Ansar Sect and leader of the Umma Party, who had all-along acted as a wise advocate of democratic rule and political tolerance. 
Columnist Gurnas reechoed official and popular condolences and obituaries that poured in from within Sudan and abroad through all media and press channels, stating that al-Mahdi was one of the fewest individuals that append their distinguished print on people’s life and leave behind a legacy of teachings for others on how to live up to esteemed human values such as tolerance and acceptance of one another without letting go of one’s faith in democracy, equity and equality.
Journalist Gurnas concluded by stating that in spite of political differences and conflicting opinions, everybody, across the political spectrum, agrees that the late Elsadiq al-Mahdi has left behind a track of transparent and credible political legacy that is marked with an effusive sense of wisdom and tolerance.
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Commenting on the recent unrelenting and methodical media assault on the dis-empowerment committee, columnist Murtada Alghali wrote in ‘al-democrati’ newspaper branding the initiators of such assault as servers of the defunct regime supporters’ intents, whether knowingly or unknowingly. 
Murtada expressed amazement that certain government officials, even sovereign council members, have joined the critic choir, drawing attention to the fact that spokespersons for the dis-empowerment committee had already admitted in public certain errors committed by the committee and promised to take redeeming measures, a practice that was not even imaginable under the defunct regime’s rule. But instead of having been commended for such transparent and credible approach in dealing with matters of public interest, the dis-empowerment committee has been subject to a torrent of harsh criticism by some prejudiced, and other immature, writers in a way that can only serve the ends of defunct regime’s supporters and tycoons who have illegitimately and illegally amassed huge assets and funds on account of a poverty-stricken nation, stated the writer.
The writer commended the huge achievements made so far by the dis-empowerment committee as relating to the recovery and retrieval of stolen and siphoned national assets and funds. On the other hand the writer called upon those who have taken it upon themselves to stand guard against the dis-empowerment committee efforts, to devote some attention to the fatal erroneous disposals by some members of the sovereign council that jeopardize Sudan’s national security and sovereignty.
The writer also noted the messy environment of corruption that the dis-empowerment committee wades through, due to the intricate and interconnected nature of corruption networks that prevailed under the defunct regime as supervised by key officials, at the time, where such corruption networks enjoyed legislative, sovereign and legal protection.
The writer concluded by highlighting the complicated, hostile and inconvenient environment within which the dis-empowerment committee conducts its mission, calling all critics to be more tolerant and appreciative, as mistakes and errors are very much likely to occur while working under such complicated circumstances.
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In an article on ‘Sudanile’ e-magazine, scholar Haidar Ibrahim Ali lamented the present hazy horizons hanging over Sudan’s youth revolution, and proposed certain solutions to this present dilemma of disintegration and splinters within the revolution components. 
Analyzing the root causes behind the increasing disintegrations and splinters among revolutionary components, scholar Haidar blamed the lack of vision and rational thinking in forming political coalitions, where everything depends on emotions and prejudices. Dr. Haidar also refers to a lack of paradigm and common visionary thinking, especially with regard to the formation of the forces of freedom and change coalition, as the coalition was formed in haste, propelled by enthusiastic and emotional drivers rather than by rationally balanced thinking. Therefore, it is naturally human, said Haidar, that disintegration and conflict may surface in due course, once the wave of emotional enthusiasm is over.
As an illustrative example, scholar Haidar mentions the professional association coalition, stating that from the beginning the coalition lacked a unanimously agreed bottom-line reform programme. Therefore, he called upon the coalition to come out and reveal to the public the root causes of conflict among its members in order to debate and discuss such causes openly and rationally, instead of throwing over accusations and allegations against each other.
On the other hand, scholar Haidar also refers to the conflicts among the forces of freedom and change coalition which comprises certain political parties that do not enjoy significant popular support, and accordingly opt, in a compensational attitude, to secure a roaring media presence, holding numerous media interviews and releasing lavishly worded press statements.
Dr. Haidar summed up his article by stating that the December youth revolution has been hijacked by lame politicians who lack patriotic and visionary thinking, and whose sole aim is to enjoy earthly riches at the account of the youth sacrifices. He also remarked that in such situations political gaps usually occur, where the civic society organizations often step in to fill in the gap, but Sudan’s civic society movement suffers some birth deformities and accordingly does not prove itself as qualified to take over.
Accordingly, Dr. Haidar concluded by stressing the seriousness of the volatile political situation in Sudan, and the pressing need for all political parties to adopt an objective approach towards finding sustainable solutions to the situation in order to protect Sudan against more disintegration and splintering. He specifically urged the forces of freedom and change to adopt a self-critic approach in reviewing its experience so far, in order to ultimately come up with a unified visionary plan and a political roadmap highlighting the way forward.
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