Controversy continues between the "Freedom and Change" teams in Sudan regarding the priorities of the next stage and the fate of the current government, at a time when the mobilization for major demonstrations continued on Thursday calling for the handover of power to civilians.

While the supporters of the "National Charter Group" in the Forces for Freedom and Change continued their sit-in in front of the Republican Palace in Khartoum for the fifth day to demand the dissolution of the government;

The Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers accused the protesters of being remnants of the former regime.

And an open sit-in was launched - last Saturday - demanding the dissolution of the transitional government and the expansion of the base of political participation in it, amid the acceptance of this demand by the military component and political and military forces, and the rejection of this option by the government headed by Abdullah Hamdok and forces from the ruling coalition.


Several political groups - most notably the Forces for Freedom and Change and the "Central Council" group - called for mass demonstrations tomorrow, Thursday, calling for power to be handed over to civilians.

Demonstrators also came out in different neighborhoods in Khartoum and Omdurman today, calling for the civil state and the removal of the military from power, in a preparatory step for tomorrow's demonstrations.

The US embassy called on civilian and military leaders in Sudan to work together in partnership to overcome their differences and take the necessary measures to implement the basic standards of the constitutional document.

The embassy said on its Facebook page that it encourages the peaceful demonstrators tomorrow, Thursday, and reminds them of the strong American support for the democratic transition to achieve freedom, peace and justice.

sharp polarization

The joint chamber of what is known as the millions of civilian rule in Sudan called for the organization of demonstrations tomorrow, Thursday, to demand a series of steps aimed at handing over power to the civilian component of the country.

Chamber member Ali Ammar - while reciting the demands paper - called on the prime minister to go out tomorrow within the mass processions and participate in them.

Ammar also called on the military component to hand over power to civilians within a deadline not exceeding 25 days, and demanded the dissolution of the Governing Partners Council and the sufficiency of the Sovereignty and Ministers Councils.

He stressed the need to hold the National Committee to investigate the dispersal of the Defense Ministry sit-in accountable for what he called its delay in submitting its report in this regard.

The leader of the Forces of Freedom and Change-National Charter Group, Mona Arko Minawi, said that the real crisis in Sudan is within the Alliance for Freedom and Change.


Minawi added - in a press conference - that when the Declaration of the Forces of Freedom and Change was signed, the Sudan Call - which includes the movements - was the main 16 bloc.

He pointed out that the gathering of professionals was the straw that broke the camel's back regarding the dispute in the Forces of Freedom and Change alliance, as he put it, without providing additional details.

don't give up

The Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Sudan, Khaled Omar Youssef, said that the Sudanese people are ready to fight the current battle until the last breath to support democracy and the transition to civilian rule, as he put it.

This came in a speech in front of a popular gathering in the city of Wad Madani (central Sudan), in which he accused the protesters in front of the Republican Palace of being remnants of the former regime.

The Minister of Presidency of the Sudanese Council of Ministers described the protesters of the Republican Palace as remnants of the former regime (Anatolia)

A member of the Empowerment Removal Committee in Sudan, Wajdi Saleh, said that everyone believes in civil and democratic transformation, and that Sudan will not be ruled by the military or elements of the isolated regime, as he put it.

American talks

In parallel with the controversy between the two components of the authority, Sudan and the United States discussed, on Wednesday, common issues in preparation for the visit of the American envoy to the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, to the capital, Khartoum.

This came during Sudanese Minister of Justice Nasr El-Din Abdel Bari's meeting with Bitton Nouf, the US State Department's deputy envoy for the Horn of Africa, according to the official Sudanese News Agency.

The agency quoted Nouf as saying that his visit to Sudan comes in the context of the ongoing consultations between the two sides on various issues, and in preparation for the envoy Feltman's planned visit to Khartoum late this week.

He added that he exchanged views with a number of Sudanese officials and political actors - without naming them - regarding the challenges facing the transition in Sudan.

Nouf said that bridging the gap between the parties to the transition is the most important step at the present time, adding, "We will do everything in our power to resolve the differences between the different parties."

Nasr El-Din said - according to what was reported by the agency - that commitment to the constitutional document and political dialogue is the way out of all the political crises currently plaguing the country, leading to the elections to be organized at the end of the transitional period.

Welcome to Hamdok's initiative

On Tuesday, the Central Council of the Forces of Freedom and Change welcomed the initiative of Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok to resolve the crisis.

In a letter sent to Hamdok, the council demanded the reform of the Sovereignty Council and the transfer of its presidency to the civilian component in accordance with the constitutional document.


The Council called for a separation between the file of evaluating the partnership and reforming the transition institutions on the one hand - provided that the dialogue takes place between the forces of freedom and change and the military component - and the file of completing and promoting reforms within the forces of freedom and change on the other hand, and the dialogue is conducted with the two Sudan Liberation Movements - Minawi's leadership and Justice and equality.

The Central Council of the Forces of Freedom and Change stressed that the solution to the issue of eastern Sudan is under the jurisdiction of the executive authority.

Among the other most prominent demands of the Central Council of the Forces of Freedom and Change is the reform of the government and the judicial apparatus and support for the committee to dismantle the "June 30" regime.

For weeks, tension has been escalating between the military and civilian components of the transitional authority due to criticism by military leaders of the political forces, against the background of thwarting a military coup attempt on September 21.

Since August 21, 2019, Sudan has been living a 53-month transitional period that ends with elections in early 2024, during which power is shared by the army, civilian forces (the Forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change) and armed movements that signed a peace agreement with the government, on October 3, 2020. .