Survey: 91% of Sudanese Agree the RSF Militia Doomed to Disintegrate and Collapse
Port Sudan – Sudanhorizon
The outcome of a recent public opinion poll ”a questionnaire” in which different age groups of Sudanese participated, at home and abroad, has revealed different views and about the developments in the military operations and the future of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan.
The summary of the poll, seen by Sudanhorizon, showed that 89.1% of participants believe that the rebel Rapid Support Forces lacked a clear strategy to achieve their military objectives. It also revealed that the participants have attributed the militia’s defeat to the superiority of the Sudanese Armed Forces, in addition to the shortage of fighters and the loss of fighting spirit as the most prominent reasons for the recent defeats sustained by the RSF Militia in the battle fields.
The survey showed that 23.5% of respondents have confirmed that the absence of senior RSF leadership had nothing to do with their recent defeats, while 92.4% indicated that the rebel Rapid Support Forces no longer has combat capabilities and that they could not achieve a military balance.
The survey indicated that 91.4%, the participants are of the view that the Rapid Support Forces militias are doomed to dismantling and collapse, against 2.1% who believe that it is possible to it could reorganize and return stronger in the future.
The Arab Experts Center for Press Services and Public Opinion Studies recently launched an open online survey that lasted for 5 days on the subject, in which 62,301 participants from various categories and of different age levels took part.
The future of the RSF militias, in view of the current developments and the course of battles was a key question in the survey, which 91.4% answered expressing their belief that these forces are on the way to dismantling and collapse, while 6.5% believed that their future lies in integration with the armed forces through negotiated solutions.
Developments in the field in the past period showed a significant decline in the level of the rebel Rapid Support Forces militia in contrast to successive victories by the Sudanese Armed Forces and the forces participating with them, starting with the successive victories in the Al-Fashir axis, the liberation of Jebel Moya in Sinnar State, the liberation of Singa, the recovery of Wad Madani in Al-Gezira State, and then recently the recovery of the Gaili Refinery and breaking the siege imposed on the General Command of the Armed Forces and the headquarters of the Signal Corps and the General Intelligence Service in Khartoum Bahri in Khartoum State.
According to the responses by the participants in the survey, 77.2% expect the crimes against humanity and violations committed by the RSF Militias would result in its classification as a terrorist organization in the future, while 17% do not expect such a classification to occur, and 5.8% say they are not sure if they will fall under this classification in the future.
Other indicators expressed “absolute optimism” that the war in Sudan would end shortly, according to the choice of the majority of the survey participants, at 94%, while a minority of 2.6% were pessimistic and did not see an end to the war in sight, meanwhile a percentage of 2.4 were hesitant and said they were not sure either option.