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Sudan's transitional military council has been arrested by the government and promised to disperse protesters. A spokesman also urged the opposition to pick the next prime minister and vowed to implement their choice.
Months of protests in Sudan led by Omar al-Bashir on Thursday. Demonstrators have an immediate move to civilian rule.
A sit-in is continuing outside the defense ministry in the capital Khartoum.
What did the military council say?
In a press conference on Sunday, Spokesman Maj Gen Shams Ad-din Shanto said the military council was "ready to implement" whatever civilian government the opposition parties agreed.
"We will not add to PM, they will choose one," he said, referring to opposition and protest groups.
He also said the army would not remove protesters from their sit-in by force, but called on protesters "to let normal life resume" and stop unauthorized roadblocks.
"Taking up arms will not be tolerated," he added.
The military council also announced a raft of decisions, including:
New heads of the army and the police
A new head of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS)
Committees to fight corruption, and to investigate the ruling party
The face of all media restrictions and censorship
The release of police and security officers detained for supporting protesters
A review of diplomatic missions and the dismissal of Sudan's ambbadadors to the US and the UN in Geneva
What's been happening in Sudan?
Bashir and his government, Protests against a rise in the cost of living.
On the face of the veteran leader after nearly 30 years in power.
The coup leader, Defense Minister Awad Ibn Auf, announced the military would oversee a two-year transitional period followed by elections and imposed a three-month state of emergency.
But demonstrators vowed to stay in the streets regardless, demanding an immediate switch to civilian government.
Mr Ibn Auf went to the next day, as did Gen Salah Gosh.
Lt Gen Abdelrahman Abdelrahman Burhan was named as the head of the transitional military council, to become Sudan's third leader in as many days.
In a televised address on Saturday, Gen. Burhan vowed to "uproot the regime", which is now in force.
But the Sudan Professionals Association (SPA), which has been spearheading the demonstrations, said the council's response to urge protests to continue.
Among its demands are the restructuring of the state of security, the arrest of "corrupt leaders" and the dissolution of militias that operates under President Bashir.
The whereabouts of Sudan's former leader is currently unknown, but the coup leaders said he was in a secure place. Mr Bashir has been indicted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur by the International Criminal Court.
But the military council has said it will not be extradited, but it could be done in Sudan.
Mr Bashir 's National Congress Party on Saturday called the overthrow unconstitutional, and asked that the military council release the party' s imprisoned members.
Maj-Gen Shanto said that the ruling party would have no part in the civilian transitional government but could field candidates in the next elections.
Source: BBC
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