The President of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council, Lieutenant-General Abdel-Fattah El-Borhan, confirmed that the Council will hand over power to the people without delay in response to the demands of thousands of demonstrators and announced its readiness to hand over power to the government tomorrow. The proof of the role of youth in the revolution, he said he stands by them, noting that the Council is not a rival to anyone.
At the same time, the forces of the Sudanese Declaration of Freedom and Change yesterday suspended negotiations with the Transitional Military Council, putting three immediate demands for the resumption of negotiations.
In his first television interview since his predecessor was sacked less than 24 hours after he took over as president of the junta after the ouster of ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the group said the council was committed to transferring power to the people. Demands of protest leaders.
"The political forces have presented more than 100 visions," he said. "The political committee is studying these visions, and we expect to have received responses before the end of the week."
Al-Burhan announced his readiness to hand over the reins of government «tomorrow» if the political arena agreed.
And the release of political prisoners and the structuring of some leadership positions, said the President of the Transitional Council that restructuring is a long and thorny issue, and it takes a long time, but we started, because the institutions of the former regime «rotten corruption», as he described. During the television interview, which was also broadcast on several Sudanese channels, Al-Barhan also preferred to have a technocrat government in the transitional period.
He said that most things will be left to the next government, but in the field of intelligence and national security there are defective and harmful materials and touch the freedoms of citizens, and there are committees to deal with the subject quickly.
He explained that the committees did not finish their work, and before handing over the transitional period, the security services must be sound and healthy.
In order to "empower the citizens," the president of the transitional council called for "any injured party" to make a statement about it, he said.
He said that the prosecution was assigned to investigate all cases, corruption and killing demonstrators and others.
The proof was that a difficult currency was injected into the Bank of Sudan, which we obtained from various resources, in addition to what was found with the officials and confiscated, and what was found in the Palace of Hospitality, in the possession of the isolated President, Omar al-Bashir, of seven million euros and 350 thousand dollars.
"We are trying to ensure decent living for the Sudanese," said the president of the transitional council.
He stressed that some countries committed to providing support, such as flour, oil and medicines, explaining that the Economic Committee in the military council is making a great effort to provide the need for Sudan's fuel.
On the availability of liquidity in banks, said proof that it is defective to have funds to the citizen can not withdraw, noting that there are specialists looking for durable solutions.
On the external relations of Sudan, the proof that the military council received communications and letters and received delegations, thanking the African Union.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese Freedom and Change Declaration (a coalition of Sudanese professionals and five opposition forces) suspended yesterday negotiations with the Transitional Military Council.
The opposition put forward three immediate demands for the resumption of negotiations, namely recognition of the forces of freedom and change as representative of the revolutionary movement in Sudan, and handing over power to form an immediate presidential council.
It also demanded the removal of three members of the military junta that they said belonged to the deposed regime. They are the chairman of the Political Committee of the Military Council Omar Zine El Abidine, the director of security Jalaluddin al-Sheikh and the council member Tayeb Babeker.
Opposition forces called on protesters to continue to sit in front of the Sudanese army headquarters in central Khartoum until all demands are met.
A statement issued by the forces of freedom and change yesterday: «There are attempts by the military council to impose a soft consensus with the tails of the former regime, in the formation of civil authority, through the formation of a coordinating committee to relegate the play of the national dialogue of the former regime».
The statement stressed the position of the forces of freedom in the formation of a presidential council with limited representation of the army, accusing the military council of circumventing and trying to revive the former regime and return its elements to power.