The head of the Sudanese National Umma Party, Sadiq Al-Mahdi, made a new statement about the current situation in the country, more than a year after the army ousted President Omar Al-Bashir, following massive demonstrations against his regime.
The statement came in a statement issued by the Darfur Bar Association, after Al-Mahdi met with a delegation from it at his home in Omdurman (west of the capital, Khartoum).
The statement quoted the head of the Umma Party as saying that the country is currently facing 3 options: chaos, a military coup, or jumping to early elections.
The statement added that Imam Al-Sadiq spoke "about the current situation, and that the country faces 3 options: chaos, a military coup, or jumping to early elections, in light of the divergence and divergence of the positions of the forces of freedom and change, and the failures of Abdullah Hamdok's government."
It is noteworthy that the Coalition of Change Forces is a partner of the army in managing a transitional phase that began on August 21, 2019, and will last for 39 months, ending with elections in late 2022.
The Forces of Declaration of Freedom and Change coalition was established in January 2019 and led popular protests that forced the army leadership - on April 11 of the same year - to remove Omar al-Bashir from the presidency, which he reached through a military coup in 1989.
Among the most prominent components of the coalition: Sudan Call, the Professionals Association, the National Consensus Alliances and the Federal Assembly, in addition to the civil society forces.
Army incitement,
and the Darfur Lawyers' Authority quoted Al-Mahdi as saying that the Umma Party has an integrated program on offer to address all Sudanese.
He stressed that the current transitional situation in Sudan is in danger, and there are groups that openly incite the armed forces to ambush the transitional period, according to the statement.
A year after the start of the political transition period, Sudan is still in a major economic crisis, and the authorities are seeking to end the country’s inclusion on the US list of states sponsoring terrorism, which prevents Sudan from obtaining funding from international lenders.
Last Tuesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a visit to Sudan, and the US State Department said that removing Sudan from the list "remains a priority of particular importance to both countries."
In addition to the economic crisis, the transitional government is making unremitting efforts to reach a peace agreement with the armed movements.
Yesterday, Saturday, it was announced that the transitional government and the Revolutionary Front-Darfur Path had signed 7 protocols among the negotiating issues in Juba (the capital of Southern Sudan).
The Sudan News Agency stated that the armed struggle movements in the Darfur track submitted 8 protocols, 7 were signed, and one remained, which is the protocol for the security arrangements file and the national force for the Darfur region.