The Transitional Military Council of Sudan and the leaders of the Alliance of Freedom and Change Forces discussed the distribution of quotas in the sovereign council, following their first joint meeting in which a joint council was formed to include civilians and military personnel. Isolation of President Omar al-Bashir.
In detail, the second meeting of the Republican Palace in Khartoum, between the military council and the forces of freedom and change, discussed the distribution of quotas in the political council supposed to be formed in order to run the transitional phase in the country.
Sources pointed out that the meeting discussed, in addition to quotas and distribution, to the transitional period, which repeatedly stressed the military junta that two years, while demanding the forces of freedom and change to extend for four years.
She also pointed out that the dispute over quotas or distribution of ratios between the political forces and the military council lies in the latter demanding that the number of civilian members only three to seven for the military, while the forces of freedom and change proposed that the political council be composed of eight civilians and seven soldiers.
The sources said that the protesters are still arriving at the headquarters of the General Command in Khartoum, without the request of the forces of freedom and change, adding that the procession processions inside and outside Khartoum is still ongoing, and that the numbers were not less than the previous days.
The agreement to form a council of sovereignty to meet the demands of thousands of protestors, three weeks ago, in front of the headquarters of the General Command of the army, to demand the transfer of power to a civil administration. They are now waiting for the actual formation of the Joint Council, announced on Saturday, before deciding on the fate of their sit-in.
"We have agreed on a joint civil-military council," said Ahmed al-Rabee, a representative of the protesters. "Now consultations are under way to determine the civilian and military participation in the council," he said.
The joint council, which will replace the military junta, will be the supreme authority of the country and will be charged with forming a new civilian transitional government to manage current affairs and pave the way for the first post-Bashir elections.
Meanwhile, stone-throwing people attacked a meeting of members of the Popular Congress Party, allied to al-Bashir, yesterday, injuring 32 people.
"The group attacked a meeting of the Shura Council of the Popular Congress Party in the hall of Córdoba, south of Khartoum," the deputy secretary-general of the Popular Congress Party, Suhair Salah, told AFP. "They threw stones at them, injuring 32 of them and destroying 10 cars."
For his part, the alliance of forces of freedom and change, which leads the demonstrations, that the attack is an individual incident.
On the other hand, police officers in Sudan, yesterday, a one-day strike, including service complexes in the capital Khartoum, and other states in the country.
According to eyewitnesses, the citizens and the reviewers of service complexes stood in front of their closed doors, chanting slogans against the authorities, and threatened to storm these compounds.
Police officers from the rank of Captain Maa Dunn announced yesterday in a statement that they had entered into a labor strike yesterday, pending their demands for promotions and salaries.
According to the statement, the strike is aimed at "communicating messages to leaders at the top level, correcting the police path, surveying the blurry picture caused by the widespread corruption and injustice in the police establishment, the lack of application of the concepts of justice and equality, and the deterioration and neglect of the service institutions of citizens, Partisan and nepotism on the basis of allegiance rather than professionalism, which lasted this long-standing institution throughout the rule of the regime ».
"We handed over a memorandum to our demands to the military council and the director general of the police forces, and we did not find a response to strong and concrete decisions," the statement said, without giving details of the date of handing over the memo.
• The meeting dealt with, along with and distribution of quotas, the transitional period that the military junta has repeatedly asserted is two years old, while the forces of freedom and change call for a four-year extension.