They need alliances with political parties that have constituencies in the triangle of Northern, Central and Kordofan states. The purpose is to guarantee peace and prevent the emergence of new armed conflicts in that big region, and guarantee that they can continue to share power, learning from the experiences of attempting to have excessive military power, which only led to lessened powers in the conflict areas. They would prefer to have alliances with those who signed peace agreements, and to continue to give them real substantial powers at the centre, as the latter will win the elections in their regions which account for substantial proportions of the area and population of Sudan that may end up outside their control if they continue hegemony and exclusionism. To reduce their own power by joining in alliances with others and ruling a peaceful country is economically and politically better for them in the long term than to continue in a state of strife, which is not conducive to large foreign investments which they currently monopolize. Sharing power while still maintaining a margin of predominance will make them concentrate on developing the triangle and in the long term compete with those parties that used to dominate there. Hence, for strategic purposes it would be logical to share real powers now. Further, they have exclusive representation in the South which gives them an upper hand in gaining allegiance in that region, preserving their relative dominance. If the above assumptions are taken as valid reasons that make interest in amendments feasible, then the amendments will be based on reducing the concentrated powers of the president, reducing the NCP’s monopoly over the legislative body at national and state levels giving more powers to the state councils, promoting decentralization in the direction of confederalism and true federalism, attaining more gender balance, giving a greater share in power to the states including the appointment of governors as well as space in the commissions’ membership and headship. All this will rescue the state from falling into complete failure and allow it to truly progress towards an effective state. Having stated this, the main amendments starting from the preamble up Part Four are indicated in Section Two below. Part II Section Two: Recommended Amendments – Introduction
They need alliances with political parties that have constituencies in the triangle of Northern, Central and Kordofan states. The purpose is to guarantee peace and prevent the emergence of new armed conflicts in that big region, and guarantee that they can continue to share power, learning from the experiences of attempting to have excessive military power, which only led to lessened powers in the conflict areas. They would prefer to have alliances with those who signed peace agreements, and to continue to give them real substantial powers at the centre, as the latter will win the elections in their regions which account for substantial proportions of the area and population of Sudan that may end up outside their control if they continue hegemony and exclusionism. To reduce their own power by joining in alliances with others and ruling a peaceful country is economically and politically better for them in the long term than to continue in a state of strife, which is not conducive to large foreign investments which they currently monopolize. Sharing power while still maintaining a margin of predominance will make them concentrate on developing the triangle and in the long term compete with those parties that used to dominate there. Hence, for strategic purposes it would be logical to share real powers now. Further, they have exclusive representation in the South which gives them an upper hand in gaining allegiance in that region, preserving their relative dominance. If the above assumptions are taken as valid reasons that make interest in amendments feasible, then the amendments will be based on reducing the concentrated powers of the president, reducing the NCP’s monopoly over the legislative body at national and state levels giving more powers to the state councils, promoting decentralization in the direction of confederalism and true federalism, attaining more gender balance, giving a greater share in power to the states including the appointment of governors as well as space in the commissions’ membership and headship. All this will rescue the state from falling into complete failure and allow it to truly progress towards an effective state. Having stated this, the main amendments starting from the preamble up Part Four are indicated in Section Two below. Part II – Section Two: Recommended Amendments Introduction