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The Sudanese protest leaders insisted on Thursday that the civilian administration they intend to set up includes representatives of armed groups who have spent years fighting against Khartoum under the regime of ousted leader Omar al -Bashir.
"We will not have a (civil) transition structure without representatives of the armed groups," said Khalid Omar Yousef, leader of the Alliance for Freedom and Change coordination group, at the head of the protest movement.
He did not name specific armed groups.
Since 2003, Sudan has been rocked by rebellions in the Darfur, Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile regions.
Tens of thousands of people have died in these areas since ethnic minority rebels took up arms against Arab-dominated Bashir forces, accusing its administration of political and economic marginalization.
In recent years, violence has faded when rebels and Khartoum have concluded a series of cease-fires, but none of the rebel groups has joined a civilian administration under Bashir's iron-fist regime.
Many Darfurians believe that their demand for justice for those in charge of the Bashir era should be a higher priority for the leaders of the event.
Three armed groups are currently part of the Alliance for Freedom and Change, which has organized protests since December that led to the expulsion of Bashir.
The Alliance now demands that the military council that replaced Bashir be replaced by a mixed civil-military council, although the number of its members remains to be determined.
On Thursday, the leaders of the demonstration presented to the council a proposal concerning the new civil structures that they wish to see governing the country.
The leader of the demonstration, Satea al-Haj, told the press that the civilian transitional government should consist of 17 ministers, while the legislature should have between 120 and 150 members.
He added that the alliance was waiting for a response from the military council in "48 to 72 hours".
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