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A press article from Africanews.com suggests that the Sudanese army will respond to the demand of protesters from a civilian authority within a week.
At the same time, talks between military leaders and Sudanese protesters about the transfer of power to a civilian authority will continue, a leader of the Alliance for Freedom and Change (ALC) said Saturday night.
"We have clarified our main demand, which is the transfer of power to the civil authorities," Siddiq Youssef, a Latin American and Caribbean official, told public television after a meeting with the transitional military council. in power.
"This is the main demand of the people's movement (…) We have agreed to continue the negotiations with a view to reaching a satisfactory solution for both parties, so that the transfer of power can be done peacefully", Youssef said. The LAC brings together several political parties and civil society groups that lead the event.
The Saturday night meeting was held on the eve of the announcement by the movement that it would form a "Civil Council for the Country's Affairs" in place of the Transitional Military Council, in power since the overthrow of the President Omar al-Bashir April 11 under the pressure of the street.
It brought together five representatives of the Alliance and members of the Military Council "to discuss the transfer of power to a civilian authority," said Ahmed al-Rabia, head of the Sudanese Professionals Association, a group at the vanguard of the protest is taking place in Sudan since December 19, told AFP.
If military leaders refuse to hand over power, they will hold a "sovereign civil council" on Sunday, he said before Saturday's meeting.
"If they want to negotiate, the announcement announced for tomorrow could be postponed," he added.
Mr. Youssef did not specify whether the project to announce a "Civil Council" Sunday was still on the agenda.
Calendar for the transfer of power
"We are asking (the Military Council) a timetable for the transfer of power so that things do not drag on," said Rabia.
He further revealed that since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir, the Military Council had held two rounds of talks with the leaders of the demonstration.
"During these talks, we felt that the Military Council did not wish to return to power," said Ahmed al-Rabia, adding that the growing pressure from the streets and the international community should prompt the military council to return to power. power in "three weeks.
On Friday, the SPA announced that "the names of the members of the Civil Council in charge of the country's affairs will be announced at a press conference Sunday at 19:00 local time (17:00 GMT)" in front of the army headquarters, where thousands of Sudanese gathered in the center of the capital Khartoum for two weeks.
According to officials, this civilian council will be responsible for forming a transitional government with a four-year term, followed by elections.
"All we hope is that the country is ruled by civilians and rid of military power," a protester said Saturday night outside the army headquarters, where many Sudanese camps are camped, dance and sing revolutionary tunes.
After coming to power in a coup supported by the Islamists on June 30, 1989, Omar al-Bashir voluntarily led a rebellious country in several regions and was accused of human rights violations.
Reversed on April 11 by the army, he was arrested and is currently being held in a Khartoum prison.
Difficult task
Galvanized by the concessions obtained with the departure of Mr. Bashir and other military leaders, the demonstrators appear more determined than ever and maintain the pressure on the Transitional Military Council.
But during the constitution of a Civil Council, the leaders of the demonstration face a "difficult" task, says the Sudanese journalist Khalid Tijani.
"If they are not ready with names, it will send a negative signal and will not be in the interest of the revolution," says the editor of the weekly economic Elaff.
On the judicial side, the new Sudanese Attorney General lifted on Saturday the immunity of several members of the security services suspected of being involved in the death of an inmate, arrested because of his links with the protests raging in the country for four years. month, according to Suna official agency.
The United States, which maintains Sudan on its blacklist of "states supporting terrorism," called on military leaders to make the transition according to Sudan's wishes.
The head of the state department in charge of East Africa, Makila James, "will visit Sudan this weekend," a senior US official said Thursday.
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