Sudan: a still lively mobilization despite the agreement between Hamdok and the junta
Supporters of the Umma Party, Sudan's largest political party, chant slogans during a protest against a military coup that reversed the transition to civilian rule on October 29, 2021 in Omdurman, the second largest city from the country.
Sudanese protesters furious at the coup have vowed to continue a campaign of civil disobedience, following deadly clashes with security forces during protests against a widely condemned military takeover.
AFP - EBRAHIM HAMID
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A new day of mobilization is expected, this Tuesday, November 30, in the streets of the country against the coup d'état of October 25.
The resistance committees and various civil society organizations are calling for a new “millionaire march”.
A week after the controversial agreement between Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and General al-Burhan, the mobilization in the streets is still strong.
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Many political parties as well as the organization of the families of the martyrs of the revolution joined the call to demonstrate.
One of the essential demands of the demonstrators is that those responsible for the deaths of the 42 martyrs, since the coup, and more than 200, since the start of the anti-Bashir protest, be brought to justice.
Monday evening, in several districts of the capital, night marches were held to call on residents to take to the streets en masse.
In a joint statement, the resistance committees recalled that their position is unchanged: no negotiation, no partnership, no concessions with the military junta.
They believe that Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok joined the coup camp by signing a controversial agreement with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on November 21.
For the past week, in accordance with the terms of this agreement, the releases of political prisoners have continued.
Some tell of violent arrests and claim to have been beaten and humiliated in detention.
Omar el-Digair, leader of the Sudanese Congress Party, just released, strongly criticizes Abdallah Hamdok.
“
It came down from the shoulders of the people who were carrying it to get into an army tank
,” he said.
For the opposition, the return of the Prime Minister to his post legitimizes the coup and gives the generals a blank check.
Abdallah Hamdok, for his part, once again defended himself on Sudanese television from having avoided the country, already on the brink, from sinking into chaos like other countries in the region.
The resistance committees do not seem to hear it that way.
In Khartoum, the processions will head on Tuesday afternoon to the presidential palace.
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