Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council leaders on Friday gave a nod to the appointment of a Prime Minister and head of state by civilian political forces, reported The Reuters.
“The meeting with Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Thursday firmly agreed that the civilians are to select civilian heads for the sovereign council and the cabinet,” Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the Deputy Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, said in a statement.
The announcement on Friday after Dagalo’s meeting with the army head Abdel Fattah al Burhan who led a military coup last year.
Dagalo, who is also the Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), stressed strict adherence to the junta’s previous statements that said that the military establishment would exit the political scene to its tasks stipulated in Sudan’s constitution.
In July, Al-Burhan had announced that the military would not participate in the political talks facilitated by the international community to pave the way for the civil groups to form an independent government.
Dagalo added that the revolutionary forces would reach consensus on the formation of a full civilian government to complete the tasks of the transitional period.
He stressed on the importance of coordination and cooperation among the Sudanese people to remove the obstacles in the transition process and create a conducive environment to move forward and build a stable and democratic state.
Dagalo, however, gave no indication of when power might be returned to civilians amid the persistent failure of talks with the main civilian factions since the coup.
Sudan has been struggling to resolve a political crisis since Al-Burhan, also the general commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, declared a coup on October 25, 2021 and dissolved the Sovereign Council and the government. Since then, there have been continued protests in the capital Khartoum and other cities demanding a return to civilian rule.
