Published on April 14, 2019
In Sudan, protest organisers presented demands including the creation of a civilian government in talks with the military rulers. Thousands of protesters remained encamped outside the Army headquarters in the capital Khartoum to keep up the pressure on a military council that took power after ousting veteran leader Omar al-Bashir on Thursday. According to a statement by the umbrella group leading the protests, the Alliance for Freedom and Change, a 10-member delegation held talks with the military council yesterday.
One of the alliance’s leaders, Omar al-Degier, said in the statement that the demands include restructuring the National Intelligence and Security Service.
The chief of the military council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has vowed to dismantle the Bashir’s regime. However, he said the military council will rule the country for up to two years until elections.
Burhan took the oath of office on Friday after his predecessor General Awad Ibn Ouf stepped down just a day after the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir, who had swept to power in a coup in 1989.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has also expressed its support for the Sudanese people’s views on their future and the measures taken by the Transitional Military Council in the interest of the brotherly Sudanese people. The official news agency of Saudi Arabia said that the Kingdom has declared its support for the steps announced by the Council in preserving the lives and property, and stands by the Sudanese people, and hopes that this will achieve security and stability for brotherly Sudan.