Sudanese military junta moves surrounding areas to Al Bashir and negotiates transition

The Sudanese military junta has withdrawn the former defense minister and army chief of staff who served under Omar al Bashir, after his overthrow last Thursday, and will also examine the foreign relations that the former president has maintained.

Generals Awad bin Auf and Kamal Abdel Maaruf were retired after leading the Transitional Military Council for 24 hours and triggered the rejection of the street and opposition, which led to change of management of the board of directors, which is now the responsibility of Abdelfatah al Burhan.

The newly appointed spokesman of the Transitional Military Council, Shamsaldin Kabashi, announced this measure as well as other measures, such as cessation of Sudan's ambbadador to Washington, General Mohamed Abdelmaula and the rebadessment of the situation of ambbadadors in other countries.

Kabashi stressed that the Council wished to establish external relations in accordance with "sovereign national interests", as it considered that Sudan's relations during the 30 years of the government of Al Bashir were not "clear".

On the other hand, he badured that a restructuring of the command of the armed forces and the police will be carried outand a new director general of this body will be appointed after the current one, Al Tayeb Babakr, is one of the Council members.

The generals met Sunday with representatives of the political forces at the Khartoum Convention Center to begin the transition negotiations and they were invited to submit their "suggestions and views" in writing and within the next seven days, including their conditions for the formation of a civilian government and a candidate for the post of Premier. Minister.

The junta has expressed the wish that the political forces agree on a "patriotic and independent" consensus figure to occupy this position.

In addition, they were asked about the length of the transition period established by the army in two years, but some sectors of the opposition refuse to extend as long, like protesters. in the streets, which call for an immediate transfer of power. to a civil authority.

Thousands of people are still camping around the army headquarters in Khartoum for more than a week, even after Al Bashir 's overthrow to continue to pressurize.

One of the participants in this sit-in, May Mohamed, 24, said she was in favor of dialogue with the junta, because Al Burhan "shows good intentions and puts aside intransigence".

"Up to now, the street believes that there are good intentions" by the Military Council, said the young woman, while stressing that the security and intelligence apparatus does not " had not been dissolved yet.

Precisely, today was appointed a new director of this device, General Abu Bakr Dambalab, who replaces Saleh Abdullah Qush, who resigned on Friday.

One of the requirements is the dismantling of the powerful security and intelligence services, who have a long history of human rights violations, especially during the last months of protests against Al Bashir.

Mohamed explained that, despite the negotiations, the street insists formation of a civilian government with a "military representation limited only for the protection and security" of the country, without the uniforms involved in the "administration" of the state.

The young woman admitted that fatigue was starting to be felt among the camped protesters and that she felt herself "exhausted" for what she had momentarily returned to the house, but she had badured that She would come back to the sit-in become a little polite.

"Morality is high because, despite violence, torture, detention and tyranny, people have been able to support and make changes," said Mohamed.

He added that another factor hindering change is that it "is contrary to the regional agenda", in reference to Sudan's neighboring Arab and African countries, some of which have expressed their support for new authorities, such as the Arab League, that the African Union rejected the "coup d'etat" of the army.