Khartoum - Al Jazeera Net

In a new escalation of the Sudanese military junta, a security force on Wednesday arrested Yasser Arman, deputy head of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) north of his residence in Khartoum, where he arrived last week.

The Council did not provide a reason for his move, which came two days after the end of the sit-in of the General Command, and disavowed all agreements with the forces of freedom and change, which was conducting dialogue with him for the handover of power to civilians.

Observers believe that the arrest constitutes a coup against Yasser Arman and the SPLM after the green light that the Council gave the man - through UAE officials - led him to head a high-level delegation from the SPLM to reach Khartoum.

Break the sit-in
According to observers, the statement Arman, which commented on the dismantling of the sit-in as a qualitative coup introduced the country in a comprehensive confrontation between the forces of freedom and change and counter-revolution, and his declaration to support the right of the people to engage in civil disobedience is comprehensive, which was dragged by the wrath of the military.

Arman - who arrived in Khartoum after a visit to Abu Dhabi - and the head of the movement Malik Aqar faces a death sentence issued by a Sudanese court in 2014.

The official spokesman of the movement, Mubarak Ardul, did not find that his movement would lead a political and diplomatic campaign for the release of its vice president, holding the military council responsible for his safety.

Ardul said in his speech to Al-Jazeera Net that Arman's arrest "is a prelude to inclusiveness and a return to the era of the first rescue, just as activities to return the reign of tyranny again."

Stiff runner
In a related context, a source said - the request not to disclose - that complicates matters more is the case of hostility between Muhammad Hamdan Daklou (Hamidati), Vice President of the Military Council and all the armed movements in Sudan.

The source added to the island that the Council's deal with Arman in the beginning was "to please the UAE, before the military decided to activate the positions maintained by the ideological differences."

The leader of the Sudanese Congress Party, Khaled Omar, is in the same direction. He accuses the military council of blowing up the political process in the country and returning to the square of the former regime. He said in press statements that "the arrest will only bring more problems to the military council."