Sudan’s military rulers have called out the anti-government protest organizers to hold new talks on handing over power to a civilian administration on Monday, spokesmen for the generals and the protest movement said, reported Africa News.
The invitation from the ruling military council came on Saturday after Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces (DFCF), an umbrella group comprising several opposition parties and civil society groups, threatened to launch a civil disobedience movement. Thousands of protesters continue to remain camped outside the army headquarters in central Khartoum. They are demanding the ruling military council to cede power, in the same way, they pushed the military into deposing veteran president Omar al-Bashir on April 11.
Lieutenant General Shamseddine Kabbashi, the spokesman for the ruling military council, confirmed late on Sunday that the new round of talks will be held on Monday.
In a statement, Kabbashi said the talks are being held in an optimistic atmosphere adding that the negotiations are aimed at reaching an agreement over the arrangements of the transitional period.
“We have identified the points of contention with the military and … decisive talks will revolve around them in each meeting,” the DFCF said in a statement about the meeting agenda. “We want to hold the talks quickly and sort out all these points in 72 hours.”
The army generals and protesters have not come to a mutual decision over who will sit on a new ruling body that would replace the existing military council. The military council has proposed that the new council be military-led, but the opposition leaders want a majority civilian body.
Late last month, the alliance even handed over its proposals to the army council for a civilian-led transitional government. But the military council pointed to what they call many reservations over the alliance’s roadmap. It demanded Islamic law be the basis for a new constitution.
