The Government of Sudan has issued a response to the candidates' joint statement on Darfur. The response focused on the notion of change, that has been a centerpiece of the candidates' campaigns.

“Yet the joint statement released yesterday by the “Save Darfur Coalition”, bearing the signatures of the candidates, deviated from this grandiose notion of ‘change’ that they have so championed. There can be no doubt that the Sudanese government is chiefly responsible for the violence and is able to end it” the statement read on the Coalition’s website. To make this claim is hardly “Straight talk”. And if in fact change is our genuine concern, then it seems we should begin by providing an objective account of reality. Nowhere in the joint statement was the voter given the chance to discern it for him/herself. The “Save Darfur Coalition”, after concocting an idyllic picture of events, went as far as drafting an editable “thank you” letter to the candidates for voters to submit. A ready made “thank you” letter, as if voters were short for words to use. Click here to read the complete response by the Goverment of Sudan.

It's apparent from this response that the Government of Sudan is worried about the next president. Click here to thank the candidates for their joint statement and encourage them to keep up the pressure on Sudan.