In Sudan he remained faithful to the rejection of the Hamdok Al-Burhan agreement . and of an international movement

With some civilian forces in Sudan who comply with their request to reject the agreement signed between Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the head of the new Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, despite all the assurances released by the two men, the United Nations envoy, Volker Peirce, he initiated meetings with a number of what are known as “Resistance” Committees.

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Sudan confirmed last night, in a tweet on his Twitter account, that he is eager to meet with the resistance committees, describing them as the original part of the diverse movement working to ensure a democratic transition process in the country.

He also pointed out that these meetings also involve other key parties in the country, to hear their views and opinions and discuss ways to move forward.

Refusal to cooperate with the military

At the same time, the “Forces of Freedom and Change” are moving to overthrow the agreement signed in the presidential palace on November 21 (2021), claiming that it perpetuates the military’s authority and dominance over political decision, and a request for civilian government.

It is also working on developing programs for a purely civilian government, away from collaboration with the military.

Abdullah Hamdouk and Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan after the signing of the political agreement in Khartoum (AFP)

This was announced yesterday by the head of the Executive Office of the Federal Assembly, Babiker Faisal, in a press conference, stressing that the option of restoring the forces of freedom and changing the constitutional document is out of the question.

This came after the Association of Professionals, which played a leading role in the widespread protests that led to the ouster of former regime president Omar al-Bashir, stressed its rejection of this agreement and the position of the United Nations in support of it. He condemned the comments of the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, who urged the Sudanese to support the deal to return Hamdok to the government, in so that the country can “transition peacefully towards a true democracy”.

Guterres’ position was also considered a “moral and political failure”, as he described it.

Interestingly, a source close to Hamdok revealed a few days ago that questThe latter linked his stay in his position (head of government) to the consensus among the political forces of the country. And he would have said, according to what reported by Reuters, that he will not remain in his post except by implementing the political agreement with the army, according to which he returned to the presidency of the council, and by consensus among the political forces.

democratization

Hamdok had previously confirmed more than once that he had signed the agreement to prevent bloodshed in the country, and to preserve the achievements, the most important of which was the democratic transition that Sudan has witnessed since 2019, after the removal. of al-Bashir, and the sharing of power between military and civilian components.

Interestingly, the political agreement signed by the two sides on November 21 (2021) at the presidential palace in Khartoum, brought Hamdok back to his position to form a new government, instead of the previous government that the armed forces announced their dissolution on 25 October.

It also established civilian-military partnership in running the country and stipulated the construction of a unified national army and the restructuring of the committee to dismantle the Bashir regime with a review of its performance.

It also included a call for a dialogue between all political forces to establish the constitutional conference, as well as to expedite the completion of all transitional government institutions.

However, he was criticized by the Hamdok civilian incubator, despite the international reception he received.