MADRID, 6 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The military coup leader of Sudan, Abdelfatá al Burhan, confirmed this Sunday the start of new talks to resolve the political transition process in the country but has warned that the Sudanese Army “will not stand idly by” while the country collapses during the slow process of dialogue.
Al Burhan, head of the country’s Sovereign Council, led a coup a year ago that halted the country’s transition to elections following the removal of Omar al Bashir after three decades of rule. The military justified his decision by the inability that he perceived among the country’s political organizations when it came to agreeing on a transition process.
This Sunday, in a speech before the military at a base in Khartoum, Al Burhan confirmed this week’s news about a new constitutional project that the Army was studying, but he has warned the political parties and civil organizations that he will not allow them to lose time while the country “collapses”.
“Sudan is witnessing many initiatives and few solutions,” Al Burhan lamented in statements collected by Al Arabiya, “but this country can no longer support so many proposals without any agreement, nor do the Sudanese deserve to stay without a government for three years.”
The draft constitution, drafted by the Sudanese Bar Association in August, establishes a civilian-led transitional authority with oversight from the armed forces, which would drop out of politics after a deal is signed.
Without going into details, this project is now in the phase of a new drafting and presentation of amendments by various political and civil groups, but Al Burhan has already advanced that he will not sign “any document that calls for the disintegration of the Army.”
Al Burhan, however, has assured that the civilian forces that promoted the fall of Al Bashir will be invited to this new project, and has distanced himself from the rumors that linked him to members of Bashir’s banned National Congress Party, who little by little they are reintegrating into public life.
“Get out. Thirty years of government have been enough. Don’t expect the Army to bring you back. You have to give the people another chance,” he said.
