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Sudanese protest leaders said Friday's talks with the country's military leaders were postponed after rebel members of their movement expressed reservations over a power-sharing agreement signed with the generals this week.
Generals and protesters signed an agreement in Khartoum on Wednesday to create a joint governing body to create a transitional civil administration. Two days later, they had to negotiate the details of a crucial "constitutional declaration" for a successful transition.
But the talks have now been postponed, told AFP three officials of the demonstration.
"We need more internal consultations to achieve a united vision," said the eminent leader Omar al-Digeir, adding that no new date has been set for the resumption of negotiations.
The other protesters, Siddig Youssef and Taha Osman, also confirmed that the talks had been suspended.
They said three rebel groups that are part of the protest movement, the Alliance for Freedom and Change, had reservations about Wednesday's agreement called "Political Declaration."
"I am going to Addis Ababa to meet with the Sudanese Revolutionary Front to get their opinion," said Digeir, referring to the three groups currently based in Ethiopia.
"They are not happy with the agreement signed with the army chiefs," Youssef said.
All three groups said Wednesday's agreement was "unacceptable" for them, insisting that he was not talking about restoring peace in the war zones of Sudan or meeting people's needs. affected by conflict.
"Unfortunately, some parties have chosen not to pay attention to these issues and have gone ahead without consulting their colleagues," Gibril Ibrahim, leader of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front, told journalists in Addis Ababa.
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Rebel groups had been fighting government forces for years in war torn Darfur, Blue Nile and Kordofan regions of the South.
Sources close to the negotiations told AFP that these groups had demanded that the "Constitutional Declaration" state that peace negotiations in the three conflict zones would be a top priority for the new transitional government.
Once such a peace agreement is finalized, sources said the rebel groups wanted their representatives to be part of the transitional government.
They also called for the extradition of Sudan from persons accused of crimes by the International Criminal Court, including deposed President, Omar al-Bashir, based in The Hague.
Bashir is accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide for his alleged role in the Darfur conflict that erupted in 2003.
Friday's talks aimed to finalize crucial issues.
They include the opportunity to grant immunity to generals accused of being responsible for violence against protesters, forming a transitional parliament and the role of paramilitaries.
The protest leader, Osman, said the protest movement was totally opposed to the generals' immunity.
"We want to establish a state in which no one is above the law," he told AFP.
The generals insist that the five military personalities who will be part of a new joint governing body be granted "absolute immunity" from any trial for demonstrable violence.
Critical issues outstanding
The generals also called for a review of the seats allocated to the protest movement in a transitional parliament.
In previous talks held in May, both sides agreed that 67 percent of a 300-member transitional parliament would be allocated to the protest movement.
Friday's talks were also to address the future of feared paramilitary rapid support forces, whose members were accused of staging a brutal raid on a protest camp on June 3, which killed dozens of people.
Protesters say their leaders have already offered enough concessions to the generals.
"If both sides hold their positions, the talks will fail," said Sudanese political scientist Faisal Mohamed Salih.
Thousands of protesters converged on the capital's green square on Thursday to increase pressure on the generals ahead of scheduled talks.
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