Conflicting statements from Khartoum today, Saturday, regarding the agreement to dissolve the Sovereignty Council and the Council of Ministers, amid the growing protests demanding the dissolution of the existing authority and the acceleration of the pace of democratic reforms.

The governor of the Darfur region of Sudan, Minni Arko Minawi, revealed today, Saturday, that the heads of the Sovereignty Councils, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the ministers, Abdullah Hamdok, agreed to dissolve the two councils.

The governor of Darfur told Anadolu Agency that "Al-Burhan and Hamdok agreed to dissolve the two councils. There were several meetings to resolve the Sudanese crisis."

And media sources quoted Minawi as saying that "Al-Burhan and Hamdok agreed to dissolve the government in its two councils, and they differed over the procedures."

Minawi did not clarify the next step, nor did he provide further details, while there was no immediate comment from the Sovereignty Council and the Council of Ministers.

A member of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Mohamed Suleiman Al-Faki, said that dissolving the Sovereignty Councils and the Ministers is not possible through normal political methods and the constitutional document, denying Minawi's statements.

Al-Faki added that the desire of Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan and Mona Arko Minawi is clear from the first day, which is to reshape the political scene according to their new alliance, according to him.

The Sudanese Minister of Communications and Digital Transformation, Hashem Hasab Al-Rasoul, denied to Al-Jazeera that there was any agreement between the prime ministers and the sovereign to dissolve the two councils.

The minister stressed that the talk now is about handing over power to civilians only, and at known times, and there is no waiver of that, as he described it.

The protests are going on

These developments come at a time when sit-ins and demonstrations continue in Sudan to protest the political crisis and the deteriorating economic conditions.

And yesterday, Friday, tens of thousands of protesters camped in front of the Republican Palace demanded the dissolution of the transitional government and the acceleration of the pace of democratic reforms.

Protesters accuse the transitional government of not undertaking democratic reforms, and are frustrated by deteriorating economic conditions and increasing poverty.

The protesters performed Friday prayers in the vicinity of the Republican Palace, where they continue their open sit-in.

The Friday preacher, Muhammad Fadlallah Muhammad Zain, called on the protesters to preserve the unity of Sudan, renounce racism, strive for reconciliation, and gather the Sudanese on one word.

The protesters demanded the dissolution of the existing authority and the acceleration of democratic reforms (Al-Jazeera)

On the other hand, the group of the Central Council of the Forces of Freedom and Change said that the issue of dissolving the government is not on the table, and called on the head of the Sovereignty Council to hand over power to civilians.

American position

Today, the US State Department praised "hundreds of thousands of Sudanese who exercised their peaceful right to freedom of expression," and called on members of the transitional authority in Sudan to "respond to the will of the people."

She said that this authority "must abide by the provisions of the Constitutional Declaration and the Juba Agreement," and praised "the Sudanese people's continued commitment to non-violent political expression."

The Sudanese Foreign Minister, Maryam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, discussed - in a meeting she held today in Khartoum with Peyton Nouf, the deputy US envoy for the Horn of Africa - the developments of the political situation in the country and the efforts of the transitional government to achieve democratic transformation, according to a statement by the Sudanese Foreign Ministry.

The meeting discussed the completion of governance structures and the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement and other issues facing the transitional government.

According to the statement, the deputy US envoy praised the efforts of the transitional government to achieve democratic transformation, calling for the consensus of all government partners to ensure the success of the transitional period, leading to a complete and solid democratic system.