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What is The Developments of the
Nature of The Revolutionary

Faculty Movement in the
Authority ? Sudan

Ramy Magdy Prof.Dr. Adam Yusuf
Assistant Professor-Center for Research and African Studies-
The Editor in Chief
The International University of Africa- Khartoum
Is comparing FEPS authority to that of the state a valid
The Sudan witnessed within the past
st
comparison? This requires an understanding of 3 questions: 1 few months a strong political movement, suggestion but the communist party rejected
it. It refused the army representation and
nd
do we need authority? 2 does the faculty practice authority? calling for and demanding basic rights demanded that the government should be
rd
3 which kind is that authority? Certainly from the long following a recent crisis in all walks of handed over to freedom and change forces.
history of human communities one can discern that a smooth life. This movement-however-started Later on Sudanese professionals‟ gathering
running of their affairs required from them some distributions many years before, due to certain reasons published a declaration to refuse the
of roles and authorities. This distribution (voluntary or related to economic crisis that hit the mediation committee suggestions, and that
coercive) maintains that some should take the burden of ruling Sudanese economy due to vast they only accept a sole sovereignty
and others get occupied with application and obedience. So corruption , American sanctions, and provisional civil council with a limited
some rule and others obey. Even the most vulgar types of weak management of the already little military representation, where the military
resources. That together lead to the fall
would take care of defense and security only.
anarchism could not imagine a totally authority-less society, it of the regime. The regime fall was Chaos appeared in some places and some
could not do away with authority especially when one explores executed by the military council which is people were attacked in remote areas. Some
the anarchist concept of „organization of things‟ that transpires composed of the following forces: the called for secularism and demanded that
a form of authority, though different from the state. army, security, instant support forces and religion should be separated from state;
police, as well as freedom and change, whereas another current defended Sharia-
The same is for the faculty institution. Since FEPS is a Sudan call, national consensus and the law, claiming that it constitutes the faith of
typical educational institution ,some takes the burden of gathering of professionals. Some the Sudanese people.
communicating knowledge and training students, and in turn elements of the those components were
these students –for them to learn- have to obey. This way the chosen for the purpose of representation The military council controlled friction
educational process can work smoothly and a student can and negotiations with the military between those two factions by cancelling a
peaceful demonstration which support Sharia.
promote his knowledge till he „as supposed‟ takes the position council. Negotiations operation , The youth population staying at the military
of academic guidance as an academic and teach later however, was not that smooth. Now a headquarters is inclined towards the civilian
question rises: Is that due to the elete
generations. So since there is disparity of knowledge between crisis or the army crisis that is the government suggestion. Despite the fact that
who knows more (i.e. academics) and who knows less (i.e. question! this population has no sharp party
students) in the concerned subject, the later should obey the identification nor any particular ideology; yet
former to be able to promote his knowledge. However, this Concerning the hand- over of they have the upper hand in all decisions . the
should not prevent questioning and criticisms from students. government to civilians in the military council showed during the
what is meant is that education requires some disparity in transitional stage, the military council negotiation process that they are restricted,
power. Otherwise, why would a student go to faculty in the refused that suggestion. The council clam and open minded. Meanwhile we detect
agreed that the government should be
division and disagreement within the other
first place. equally divided between the military and group composed of the gathering of the
As for the nature of the faculty authority, and according to the civilians. Here the gathering of the professionals and the political parties.
its end, one can invoke the Aristotelian classification. professionals refused and subsequently
Authority is of three types: authority of the master over a slave produced a document whose most Agreement was reached concerning the
in which the slave works for the ends of his masters, authority important points are: suspending the authorities of power skeletons during the
of the father over his sons in which authority works for the 2005 provisional constitution, transitional period. Moreover, the sovereignty
ends of sons, and authority of rulers over citizens in which specification of a provisional time limit council should be composed through an
agreement between the two parties and the
rulers (first among equals) rule according to what citizens of four years, a sovereignty council council of ministers be composed by
delegated them to do. Clearly one could see that educational whose membership is divided between candidates nominated by freedom declaration
the civilians and military council, As
institutions are of the second type in which authority works for well as the formation of a council of as well as , And a transitional period of three
the interests of the subjects of authority. Yet it is not like ministers and a provisional assembly. A years. Negotiations may finally lead to a
political authority due to the inequality in academic mediation committee suggested the common council : military and civilian.
knowledge. formation of two councils: a sovereignty
That‟s why practices of academic institution should be and security councils, hoping to cover-up Territorial and international powers are
pulling against each other in the Sudan
evaluated by educational quality criteria not by political the rift between the two negotiating meanwhile the country is suffering of
systems criteria. Educational institutions cannot be democratic powers. crushing economic crisis. It is hoped that the
or tyrannical, they are not public authorities. Educational Freedom and change forces showed an transitional period would help in causing
institutions can be efficient by working for promoting the initial acceptance for the mediation some stability until the time of elections was
committee suggestion and accepted that
quality of its students or be inefficient. Professors playing its own document was defective. Ummah due.
rulers and students playing citizens corrupt the whole process party accepted the mediation committee
of education.

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