KHARTOUM- The Alliance for Freedom and Change, an opposition group in South Sudan on Thursday, June 27 received a new proposal for a transition drafted by Ethiopia and the African Union.
The new proposal calls for a civilian-majority ruling council as demanded by protesters, but it fails to mention the make-up of a new transitional parliament.
“The Alliance for Freedom and Change received the draft… and will be considering the proposal to make a decision,” the umbrella group said in a statement.
The move comes after Sudan’s ruling generals urged mediators from the AU and Ethiopia to unify their efforts and come up with a joint proposal on the country’s transition.
It entails creating a 15-member, civilian-majority governing body for a three-year transitional period.
But it makes no mention of the composition of a legislative body.
An earlier proposal drafted by Ethiopia had stipulated a transitional parliament of 300 lawmakers, with 67 percent of them from the Alliance for Freedom and Change.
The remaining 33 percent were to be from other political groups, excluding now ousted longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir defunct National Congress Party.
Sudan’s military on Monday 24 asked that proposals to review a stalemate with protesters, from Ethiopia and the African Union, should be merged.
According to Sudan’s military Junta spokesperson, the opposition has received two separate proposals to study from Ethiopia and another one from the African Union.
“What we have agreed with both the AU and Ethiopia is one combined proposal to be presented to us, and to narrow gaps between points of view,” he said.