The opposition rejects Al-Burhan’s decisions and considers them a “maneuver”

The Sudanese opposition, affiliated with the “Freedom and Change” coalition, returned the ball to the court of the military component by rejecting the decisions of the General Commander of the Army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan (chairman of the Sovereignty Council), which he announced in his statement the day before yesterday (Monday), and considered that they did not express the aspirations of the revolutionary forces, and considered them A “maneuver” and a tactical retreat to empty the demand for the army’s return to the barracks of its content, and to absorb the mass resistance that reached its climax at the end of last month.

The coalition pledged to continue the popular resistance in order to reach a full democratic civilian authority that would achieve the goals of the December 2019 revolution.

Yesterday, a member of the Central Council of the Forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change, head of the Sudanese Congress Party, Omar Al-Digir, said that the army commander’s decisions are “an open maneuver and a tactical retreat.” Al-Burhan said in a speech (Monday) that the military institution will not participate in the national dialogue, He called on the civil forces to hold dialogues among themselves to form a national technocratic government, provided that the army and rapid support remain within a new council concerned with defense and security affairs.

According to Al-Arabiya channel, Al-Burhan took a decision yesterday to exempt the five civilian members of the Sovereignty Council, whom he had appointed by his decisions issued on October 25 last.

Al-Burhan informed the civilian members of the decision to exempt them, and thanked them for their efforts. While the members of the armed groups and the military remained.

On the other hand, Sudan and Ethiopia closed their differences by announcing that an agreement had been reached on the sidelines of the meetings of the leaders of the African organization “IGAD” in Nairobi.