By RFIPosted on 04-30-2019 Modified the 30-04-2019 at 22:05
The military committee, which heads Sudan, and the coalition of freedom and change, which represents civil society, had given themselves three days, starting Saturday night, to set up a joint council, supposed to govern the country. during the political transition. Tuesday night, the deadline has expired, each party camps on its positions.
" We are ready to negotiate, but we will not accept the chaos, " Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Vice President of the Transitional Military Council, said Tuesday morning. In a long press conference, the military expressed their grievances against the Civil Coalition.
First, they criticize the lack of stability in the negotiations . According to them, at each round table, a new delegation of civilians made its appearance. And then there is the question of the roads and the railway line that connects Port Sudan to Khartoum, blocked by the sit-in.
The military assures that without this vital axis, the whole country is asphyxiated and demand that militants free the railroad. A request refused by the Coalition which estimates in turn that the military diversion here.
" The military does not seriously consider leaving power to civilians, " said Mohamed Naji Al-Assam, a spokesman for APS, the Sudanese Trade Association, spearheading the protest. At this time, no progress has been made on the composition of the Joint Sovereign Council.
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