Rebel leader wants broader power sharing in Sudan
AFP, December, 2003
CAIRO (AFP) — Sudanese rebel chief John Garang said he wants to share power not only with President Omar al-Beshir but with other political leaders once the ongoing peace process brings an end to the 20-year civil war.
In a telephone interview with AFP Wednesday, Garang, leader of the southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLA), said "of course, we will share power, but with other powers.
"It is not Beshir and the National Congress, the ruling party, alone, but also sharing power with all other powers," he said, without locating where he was calling from.
Garang did not name these forces but he met in Cairo in May with the leaders of the main northern opposition groups, Sadeq al-Mahdi, head of the Umma Party, and Mohammed Osman al-Mirghani, head of the Democratic Unionist Party.
The three issued a joint statement promising to "make all efforts ...