Sudanese army's announcement that it will not hand over power without elections left a division. Some believed that it intended to supervise the transitional phase after the war.
Opponents considered it to be the army’s attempt to establish an authoritarian military authority, not a civilian one. The international and regional community is pressing to approve a political process in conjunction with the ceasefire negotiations, but there are disagreements about who participates in the process and its timing.. The leaders of the opposition forces criticized Yasser Al-Atta, and considered that the goal of the war was to keep the army in power.