Ancient parties pave the way for a technocrat government to lead Sudan

Ahmed Fadl-Khartoum

By announcing its non-participation in the transitional government and its support for technocrats, paved the way for the formation of a long-term civil government and embarrassed the forces of dialogue, which attracts the military council, as did the isolated regime in Sudan.

Both the ruling Democratic Unionist Party, the National Umma Party, the Communist Party and the Sudanese Congress declared no participation in the interim period, in favor of forming a government of technocrats.

Prior to these political forces, other parties took the same direction, such as the opposition Federal Gathering under the Alliance for the Declaration of Freedom and Change and the Umma Party led by Mubarak al-Fadil, who was ousted from the reconciliation government during the protests.

It seems that the principle of forming the next government of competencies has become an increasingly demanding demand for him. The leader of the "Reform Now" movement Ghazi Salah al-Din al-Atabani said Wednesday that he is not aspiring to any executive post of the transitional government, but seeks to be a national position of the general.

Position sound
In the opinion of Professor of Political Science and International Relations Rashid Mohammed Ali Sheikh that the political forces that announced their withdrawal in favor of the technocratic government, its position is sound in principle, and that it is calculated to distance itself from a stage requiring competencies and not partisan for the struggle for power.

In an interview with al-Jazeera Net, al-Shaykh proposes forming a council of sovereignty in proportion to the total outputs of the revolution, with the majority being civilians with representation of the army.

And on the Council of Ministers, Sheikh believes the need to remove his bags from party quotas, to work according to the program exceeded by entities and civil society organizations, to remove corruption and cronyism and address the economic problem.

He points out that the technocrats will have more freedom than the partisan parties, expressing the hope that all political forces will adopt the principle of forming a government of technocrats. It also demands the removal of civil service institutions and security and justice agencies from quotas.

Clone dialogue
The forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change - the military council opening the door to the political forces to consult on a transitional government - try to clone the process of national dialogue conducted by the former regime and resulted in a quota government.

The opposition coalition has stepped up its stand against the military junta to stop dialogue with its political committee, and by continuing to sit in front of the army leadership and call for a million march on Thursday.

But the military seems to be on the way to calm through a statement by the military junta, which said: "The doors of communication, dialogue and negotiation are open on the vision of the forces of freedom and change presented to the Council." The council relies heavily on the outcome of the meeting, "He said.

Imagine "popular"
The escalation of the opposition forces and the positions of the new military council will likely cut the way for the forces of the ousted President Omar al-Bashir's party, and the hope of remaining in the scene after meetings between the military council and its leaders.

The leader of the Popular Congress Party Bashir Adam Rahma that his party supports the formation of a government competencies throughout the transitional period, but not unique to any entity to form.

The Popular Congress was one of the most prominent opposition parties that clung to the national dialogue called for by Bashir in January 2014 and the reconciliation government in May 2017.

Rahma told Al Jazeera Net that his party handed over to the military junta a vision of the transitional government that proposes to continue the military junta's rule for six months, after which it will form a seven-member sovereignty council under the political forces agreement, five of them civilians, one seat for women and one for the army.

According to the Popular Congress Party's proposal, the Presidency of the Sovereign Council is periodic. If a permanent presidency is to be held by the representative of the army, the military council will be transformed into a political committee.

The party has put up a cabinet of no more than 20 portfolios focusing on young people, women and the crisis areas. Rahma said the party named candidates, all independents, provided they did not run for elections.

Despite the return of negotiations between the military council and the forces of freedom and change after the first implicitly recognized these forces as the leading role in the industry of revolution, there is a battle coming will be agreed on the form of the sovereign council and the representation of the military.

Everyone is expected to identify the final positions after the million "civil authority" Thursday in the courtyard of the sit-in overlooking the military den.