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A senior opposition official on Saturday called on Sudan to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), which indicted former president Omar al-Bashir, while a panel of protesters and l & # 39; 39, army met to discuss the civil regime.
Sadiq al-Mahdi, former prime minister and leader of the Umma national opposition party who supported the protests, also told reporters that Bashir's dismissal by the army was "not a coup of the military state ".
His comments were made while a joint committee representing the ruling military leaders and protesters had held their first meeting to discuss the demand of the protesters to come to power.
Rashid al-Sayed, a spokesman for the protest movement, said the meeting was a step towards building trust between the two sides who are "partners in the revolution" and that a second round was planned later Saturday.
During discussions, the army council promised that a protest camp located outside the headquarters of the army "will not be dispersed by force".
After the talks, a Sudanese opposition alliance negotiator said that he was expecting an agreement on the formation of a new body to lead the country's transition. .
"Today, we have taken positive steps and we hope to reach a satisfactory agreement for all parties," said Ayman Nimir, a negotiator for the Declaration of Liberty and Change of Forces.
"We hope to receive a response from the military council regarding the formation of a sovereign council in the hours that follow."
Shams al-Deen al-Kabashi, spokesman for the military council, said the talks were "transparent".
"We are very optimistic that we will reach a final conclusion that will be announced to the Sudanese people as soon as possible," he said at a brief press conference.
War in Darfur
Al-Bashir was fired by the army on April 11 after months of protests against his three-decade reign.
Thousands of protesters surrendered on April 6 in the army headquarters in central Khartoum to ask the army to support opponents of al-Bashir.
Five days later, the army overthrew al-Bashir but then took power in his hands through a 10-member transitional military council.
The protesters, who have maintained pressure 24 hours a day in front of the army headquarters for weeks, now demand that the council withdraw and give way to a civilian government. Protesters fear that Islamists and other factions close to the deposed ruler, imprisoned in the capital Khartoum, will be given a role in the transition.
Mahdi said Sudan should join the Hague-based ICC "immediately" where al-Bashir is wanted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity because of his alleged role in the Darfur conflict.
"This should be done in coordination with the Transitional Military Council," he added.
Al-Bashir, 75, has always denied the charges against him.
The war in Darfur broke out in 2003 when ethnic minority rebels took up arms against the Arab-dominated Khartoum government, accusing it of social and political marginalization.
According to the United Nations, about 300,000 people have died in the conflict with 2.5 million displaced people, many of whom are still living in miserable camps across the west of the country.
Al-Bashir came to power with a 1989-backed, Islamist-backed coup that overthrew Mahdi's elected government.
"The diet is always present"
Mahdi said Saturday that supporters of the president remained in place despite the upheaval.
"The head of the regime has been ousted but the regime is still present," Mahdi said.
"The overthrown regime could still try to make a coup d'etat," he said without giving further details.
The protest leaders have held several rounds of inconclusive talks with the military council since the dismissal of al-Bashir.
Earlier this week, both parties agreed to create a joint committee to chart the way forward.
The military council has so far refused to retreat, insisting that he had seized power during a two-year transition period.
Western governments have expressed their support, but major Gulf Arab lenders in Sudan have lent their support to the military council, while African states have asked the military for more time to leave it to civilians.
While protesters were pushing the army under civilian rule on Saturday, the attackers threw stones at a meeting of members of the Islamist People's Congress Party, an ally of al-Bashir, have wounded 32 of them.
"When the meeting participants took a break, they were attacked by a group of people who threw stones," said Suheir Salah, deputy undersecretary of the party.
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