Sudan’s military promises to hand over power to civilians

Major General Yasser Atta, Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council and Commander of the Sudanese Army, said in a meeting with the leaders of the “Coordination of Political Forces” known as “Prosferat” at the military headquarters in Omdurman (east of Khartoum) that the army does not hand over power to civilian politicians. except after holding national elections in the country.

The coordination front of political forces with the aim of ending the battle between the army and the rapid reaction forces through political solutions It was formed so that with the cessation of fire in Sudan, power will be handed over to civil politicians and a democratic government will be formed in Khartoum.

This front consists of parties And there are a number of armed groups that signed a peace agreement with the government of Khartoum in 2019, and it is led by Abdullah Hamdouk, the former prime minister of the transitional government of Khartoum.

Major General Yaser Atta, referring to the power structure in the transitional period (2019 to October 25, 2021, when Abdullah Hamdok was removed from power in a coup), stated: In the transitional period, General “Abd al-Fattah Burhan”, the commander of the army, is at the head of the power structure. and was supervising the process of the transition period.

According to the Sudan Tribune newspaper, he emphasized the continuation of the battle against the rapid reaction forces and stated: the strategy The armed forces are to eradicate Janjaweed (rapid reaction forces) from the country, woe to the people or groups who cooperate with Janjaweed.

Yaser Atta with Stating that since 2016, the rapid response forces wanted to gain control over government institutions, including the police, security forces, the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance, he said: It was in this situation that he wanted to swallow the government by developing his military power.

He clarified: If the rapid reaction forces cannot control all of Sudan, their next goal is to form an Arab government in Darfur. After that, they will expand their influence towards the Kordofan region (adjacent to Darfur) and carry out ethnic cleansing there.

Deputy General Burhan, stating that the army He will take control of Khartoum (Patikht) soon. He stated: Now many areas and headquarters of the rapid reaction forces are under the control of the army.

Since April 26, when the battle between the army and the rapid reaction forces began, more than 13 thousand Sudanese citizens have lost their lives. and more than 7 million and 500 thousand people inside and 1 million and 500 thousand Sudanese have become refugees abroad.

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