Sudan.. Hamdok will leave his post if two conditions are not met

A source close to the Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdok, said on Wednesday that he will leave his post if two conditions are not met.

The source indicated to "Reuters" that Hamdok will leave the presidency in the event of non-compliance with the agreement signed after the army's seizure of power, or if he is unable to obtain support from the political factions.

It is noteworthy that Hamdok issued a decision, today, Wednesday, to replace most of the deputy ministers appointed by the army during the period of seizing power, and the decision did not include the ministries of finance, federal government and information.

On October 25, the commander of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, announced a military seizure of power, which some described as a "coup", when he dissolved all the institutions of the transitional authority and overthrew his civilian partners with whom he was sharing power under an agreement concluded in 2019 following the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir.

In conjunction with Al-Burhan’s decisions last month, the Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdouk, and several members of his government and politicians were arrested, but Hamdok returned to power under a political agreement concluded on November 21, requiring the formation of a technocratic government, but the agreement did not satisfy everyone and some described it as “ betrayal".

After the agreement, some of the arrested ministers and politicians were released, and the elections were scheduled for 2023, and it seemed that Al-Burhan had responded to the demands of the international community while maintaining dominance over the transitional authorities at the same time.

Since then, the streets of the capital and some states have witnessed continuous protests calling for civilian rule.

Thousands of demonstrators chanted again, on Tuesday, in Khartoum, "No partnership, no negotiation."

And Saturday, Hamdok announced the dismissal of the police chief and his assistant, after the death toll from the protests reached 43, as a result of the suppression of the demonstrations against the October coup.

Although the police denied firing at the demonstrators, the Medical Syndicate accused the security forces of targeting the heads, necks and chests of the demonstrators with live and rubber bullets, and also fired tear gas at them.

Hamdok said that he signed the political agreement in order to spare the blood of the Sudanese, and demanded to meet with many civil society activists in various states and academics to form a new government.

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