Sudan’s ruling military and main opposition movement, the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), on Friday announced they have agreed to sign a framework agreement on the transition on Monday, reported The Sudan Tribune.
The announcement was made following a meeting earlier on Friday between the group’s representatives and military ruler Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, who led last year’s coup, and his second in command on the military-led council Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
The meeting was attended by politicians from several parties as well as representatives of the UN, US, European Union, Britain and Saudi Arabia.
In separate statements, the military-led Sovereign Council and the FFC, said the “framework” deal on restoring a civilian-led democratic transition will be signed on Monday at the Nile-side Republican Palace in Khartoum.
The military seized power in Sudan in a coup that ousted a joint military-civilian administration and overthrew the transitional prime minister, Abdallah Hamdok. The coup delayed a democratic transition that began after the 2019 removal of long-term President Omar Al Bashir. It also led to a wave of street protests demanding an end to military rule. About 120 protesters were killed and more than 6,000 injured in the anti-government protests so far.
Friday’s announcement followed months of closed-door negotiations between the Sudan’s ruling generals and representatives of the FFC.
The signatories will develop four documents on accountability and transitional justice, dismantling of the old regime, review of the Juba peace agreement and security reform. There will be non-involvement of the military in power at all levels.
Thus Sudan’s transitional authority, including the cabinet and the Sovereign Council, will be composed entirely of civilians.
For his part, the leader of the Revolutionary Democratic Current of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement said he expects political prisoners to be released before the signing, as it stipulates the end of violence against the mass movement, the release of detainees and a transformation of the media in favor of civilian democracy.
