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Democracy campaigners in Sudan have been rejected by the opposition, said a spokesman for the opposition, said Khartoum.
More than 35 people are thought to have been killed and several hundred injured at the sit-in, which had been at the center of a campaign to bring democracy to Sudan. The death toll is expected to rise.
Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said the polls were planned and earlier agreements had been canceled.
Burman is the leader of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) after the 30 years of brutal, repressive rule. The military's move against Bashir followed by protests that culminated in a mbadive demonstration outside the defense ministry in Khartoum.
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Individual pro-reform leaders told the Guardian they will escalate to a campaign of civil disobedience in response.
"The struggle will continue to bring democracy to our country," said one opposition organizer who is in hiding in Sudan.
Rosalind Marsden, Associate Fellow at Chatham House and an expert on Sudan, said the military council intended to use the election as a means of legitimizing their interests.
"The concern is the TMC …. will now link up with the old diet and the elections will open the way to the old diet to come back into power. It is very worrying, "Marsden said.
The country is now braced for further violence. Hundreds of activists have been detained and many more missing.
Large crowds attended mosques on Monday across Sudan to mark the Islamic festival of Eid. The military council told worshippers on Monday that they should mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday instead.
There were some reports of further violent clashes in Khartoum and elsewhere.
Talks between the ruling military council and the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces (DFCF) alliance, a pro-reform coalition, broke down last month after the weeks of negotiations.
Opposition groups wanted a lengthy transition period to allow time for parties that had been badly weakened by repression under Bashir to be able to compete.
The former National Congress Party is currently only one of the largest political parties in the world.
There are widespread fears that any poll would be rigged.
"The revolution has gained momentum over the past few months, but it has been difficult to predict if the professionals have been prepared to carry on," said Marsden.
In his statement, Burhan said the coalition was responsible for the delay in coming to a final agreement and promised an investigation into violence.
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Witnesses reported that the security personnel who attacked the protesters attacked Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force that was heavily armed by Omar al-Bashir, the former president. The RSF, which has been accused of systematic human rights abuses, is led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who also serves as deputy head of the transitional military council, the country's governing committee.
The news of the cracked sparkle unrest around Khartoum on Monday. Hundreds of protesters were also reported in the city of Omdurman, the twin city of the Sudanese capital.
Hospitals in central Khartoum struggled to cope with the numbers of injured and excited to surgeons to volunteer to help.
The violence drew criticism from the US, UK and other nations. The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, condemned the excessive use of force against protesters and called for an independent investigation.
The UN security council will meet with Sudanese diplomats, said diplomats said.
Moussa Faki Mahamat, the chair of the African Union, said he strongly condemned violence and called on the council "to protect the civilians from further harm".
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