Yesterday, Wednesday, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), Vice-President of the Transitional Sovereign Council in Sudan, expressed his hope that the political forces would agree to complete the institutions of the transitional period and form a civilian government.
Hemedti said in a press conference: We hope that the political forces will reach a national consensus that will lead to the completion of the institutions of the transitional period and the formation of a civilian government to manage the remainder of this period.
He stressed that he did not have "any information about the deadline for forming that government," adding that "there are many initiatives, and we do not have information, and we are waiting for people to negotiate to reach solutions."
Hemedti said, "The dissolution of the Sovereignty Council and the formation of a Supreme Council of the Armed Forces from the armed forces and the "rapid support" forces (which are affiliated with the army and led by Hemedti) is a proposal previously submitted by the Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council, and we discussed and rejected it."
He added, "After our rejection of the proposal, I received a call from the head of the Sovereignty Council (Army Commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan) and my brothers in the Sovereignty Council, and they said that they had reached an agreement on the formation of a Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and Rapid Support, and I advised them not to retreat from the agreement."
On July 4, Al-Burhan announced that the military would not participate in the national dialogue under the auspices of the "tripartite mechanism", which is the United Nations, the African Union and the African Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
He also said in a televised speech at the time, "After the formation of the executive government, the Sovereignty Council will be dissolved and a Supreme Council of the Armed Forces will be formed from the Armed Forces and Rapid Support."
Since October 25, 2021, Sudan has witnessed popular protests calling for the return of civilian rule and rejecting exceptional measures imposed by General Al-Burhan, and the rejectionists consider them a "military coup".
Al-Burhan denied the validity of his accusation of carrying out a military coup, and said that his measures aimed to "correct the course of the transitional phase" and pledged to hand over power through elections or a national consensus.
After these measures, the streets of Sudan witnessed demonstrations that did not subside, despite the security forces’ response to them, with 116 dead and at least 4,000 injured, according to the statistics of medical committees.
Prior to Al-Burhan’s procedures, Sudan had been living since August 21, 2019, a transitional phase that is supposed to last 53 months, ending with holding elections in early 2024.