Foreign Policy: Because of the army .. Sudanese revolution half success

The military establishment has aborted the Sudanese revolution and the agreement reached between the leaders of the Popular Movement and the Transitional Military Council does not meet the aspirations of the Sudanese people, the Foreign Policy newspaper said.

She noted - in an article by the journalist Justin Lynch - that many leaders of the popular movement knew that their revolution was aborted on the day the military announced the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir under the pressure of protest.

While more than a million demonstrators marched through the streets of Khartoum waving Sudanese flags to mark the fall of al-Bashir, the military commanders were carrying out their plan to tighten control of the country.

He also said that the military's plan to abort the revolution and control the reins of government ranged from diplomacy, murder, intimidation and deception tactics.

The plan included overthrowing President al-Bashir and negotiating with leaders of the popular movement for a transitional period in which the top word would be for the army and established for his dominance in the transitional period, according to the writer.

He pointed out that the one who has the authority today is clearly visible when the initial signature of the agreement of the constitutional declaration is Mohammed Hamdan Daklou (Hamidati), commander of the rapid support forces accused of serious violations against the Sudanese, who said he pledged to abide by the rule of law, carrying the new constitutional declaration upside down.

He cited a statement by former intelligence chief Salah Qosh, who told an opposition leader before he was appointed intelligence chief by Bashir in 2018 that he needed to inherit the future glory of his boss in reference to the isolated president.

The writer said that Qosh met with senior officials of the civil movement when they were imprisoned after the protest began last December, and some leaders who met him said he was marketing himself as an alternative to Bashir at the time.

He noted that the circumstances of the coup that overthrew Bashir were not yet clear, and that Ghosh, who quickly contacted the leaders of the popular movement to coordinate for negotiations after the overthrow of Bashir, also admitted his involvement in foreign policy when he said the UAE supported the army's plot to abort the revolution.

According to the writer, the agreement signed by the leaders of the Popular Movement forces with the army commanders at the beginning of August in Khartoum does not live up to their expectations.