Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), also known as Hemedti, conditioned his agreement to peace on the Sudanese army leaning towards genuine peace and not exploiting it to prepare for another war.
Dagalo, who appeared in a video addressing a new batch of RSF on Thursday evening, emphasized that “all eyes are now on the negotiations in Jeddah. We are in favor of peace, but not a peace of deceit and insincerity.”
Dagalo advised his forces to combat those who cause disorder and avoid violating the dignity and properties of citizens in the areas and cities controlled by the RSF. He demanded that the police operate normally in the areas where the RSF have imposed control.
He called upon displaced individuals and refugees to return to their areas, promising their protection. He also urged citizens in the areas controlled by his forces to choose civilian administrations from among the residents, provided that none of the dissolved National Congress Party’s members were selected.
The commander of the RSF attacked Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, the Sudanese army chief, stating that he was behind all the coups that were thwarted during the transitional period and considered him subservient to Islamists, taking orders from them. He also said that Al-Burhan released the imprisoned Islamists five days before the outbreak of the 15 April war.
Dagalo accused Al-Burhan of orchestrating tribal conflicts in the recent period in the Red Sea State, the Blue Nile, Darfur, and Kordofan to remain in power.
The negotiations in Jeddah between the Sudanese army and the RSF resumed last Thursday after a halt at the end of last May. The break was due to the withdrawal of the army delegation following the RSF’s refusal to comply with the request to withdraw from the cities.