In Sudan, the head of the military junta Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has ” summary of their duties Wednesday, July 6 the five civilian members of the Sovereign Transitional Council. This is the logical continuation of his announcement to withdraw the military from the inter-Sudanese dialogue initiated by the UN, the AU and Igad, to leave the way for the formation of a civilian government, according to him. But the opposition continues to demand the unconditional withdrawal of soldiers from political life.
In his last minute televised address monday night, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had announced the forthcoming dissolution of the Sovereign Council, which de facto governs Sudan. It would then be replaced by a ” supreme council ” in charge of defense issues, but also of part of diplomacy and ” sovereignty issues “, without further details. The fact of ” relieve of their duties by decree of the five civilian members of the Sovereign Council is therefore the logical continuation of this decision.
This has already was unanimously rejected by opponents of the military junta within the civil opposition, who denounced a ” tactical withdrawal and called to ” keep up the pressure on the military until their complete withdrawal from political life.
The five civilian members of the Sovereign Council who were sacked came from parties that supported the coup. They had replaced the ministers of the Forces of Freedom and Change, the coalition of parties and associations resulting from the 2019 revolution, who are today headwind against the junta.
For their part, no reaction yet to General al-Burhan’s latest announcement. But their leaders have repeated in recent days that his maneuvers were indifferent to them.
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