Sudan's freedom and change forces announce a civil disobedience mid-month

The Alliance of the Forces for Freedom and Change in Sudan on Monday evening called for civil disobedience throughout the country on July 14, following the mass demonstrations that came out to demand the ruling junta to transfer power to civilians.

The coalition said in a statement Sunday (July 14th) is the day of "civil disobedience and a comprehensive political strike in all professional, professional, labor and popular sectors in the national capital and regions, in conjunction with the processions of Sudanese communities abroad."

He also called for the formation of a civil legislative council of the revolutionary forces to issue laws and legislation, and called on the Transitional Military Council to hand over power in the country immediately to the civil authority, in accordance with the Declaration of Freedom and Change.

He stressed the need to open an independent investigation with regional support to determine who was responsible for the killing of demonstrators since April.

The forces of freedom and change also confirmed at a press conference that the Ethiopian-African initiative is the basis for negotiations.

She added that negotiations with the military council should be indirect. They explained to mediators in the Ethiopian-African initiative that a time frame must be set for the negotiation process and stressed that the struggle of the Sudanese people continues with its peaceful means to achieve the objectives of the revolution.

A peaceful escalation
"We will not abandon the political negotiating path and we will not abandon the course of peaceful escalation," said Madani Abbas Madani, a coalition leader, at a news conference in Khartoum.

He confirmed that nine people were killed during Sunday's protests, as well as wounding about two hundred others.

For his part, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nag, said that the peaceful transfer of power to a civilian government is the solution to the Sudanese crisis and not the killing and the use of live ammunition against demonstrators, as he put it.

The US embassy in Khartoum said in a tweet that peaceful demonstrations in Khartoum and many other cities across Sudan confirm the people's demand for a civilian transitional government.

In a second press, the US Embassy demanded that the military authorities be held accountable for the peaceful deaths and considered the use of live ammunition against the demonstrators to be commendable.

It also called for the need to reach an immediate agreement on the formation of a popular transitional government.