Protesters near the presidential palace in Khartoum “Down with the hunger government”

In a moment in where Sudan is facing the biggest political crisis in its two-year transition phase, protesters in the capital, Khartoum, closed the streets leading to the presidential palace today, Saturday, demanding the dismissal of what they called the ” government of hunger “. . “

Protesters announced a sit-in open until the dissolution of the government, at the end of a busy day that saw the gathering of thousands of demonstrators in response to the appeal of the forces of the National Charter for the Unity of the Forces of Freedom and Change to protest and demonstrate to “restore the revolution, dissolve the government and reform the political incubator of the transitional government in so as to ensure the expansion of the participation base for all those responsible for change “.

Thousands of protesters from the reformist wing of Freedom and Change (a Freedom and Change dissident, which includes several armed movements, also represented by government ministers) gathered today in front of the presidential palace.

Protesters supporting the security forces also chanted: “Down with the hunger government.”

While others demanded the reform and expansion of the participation base for all the forces of the revolution!

Tensions with the police

This came after the governor of Khartoum confirmed today that gunmen prevented the security forces from putting in security some vital installations in the capital. Ayman Khaled stated, in a statement, that the State Security Affairs Committee of the capital has closed some roads leading to the sovereign sites in the center of Khartoum, in order to preserve public property and private.

However, members of the police and intelligence forces were surprised by a group claiming to be affiliated with armed movements, which hindered them and prevented them from continuing their work.

From the demonstrations of the dissident wing of freedom and change in Khartoum today (AFP)

From the demonstrations of the dissident wing of freedom and change in Khartoum today (AFP)

let’s take back the revolution

The Forces for Freedom and Change, the reform wing, called on Friday night in a press release to organize marches in name of the restoration of the revolution, to go to the Council of Ministers, for the sit-in, where the signed National Agreement Charter will be presented, which was followed by the dissident forces of freedom and change last week.

These moves come in one moment in referred to the political scene in Sudan is witnessing a sharp division between the components of the transitional government, following the attempted coup that was foiled last month (September), as a result of which media exchanges between the civilian and military components have intensified, to the point that the Sovereignty Council and joint meetings with the Council of Ministers have stopped.

(AFP)

(AFP)

In a moment in to which the political forces affiliated with the forces of freedom and change announced the introduction of a new charter that guaranteed the participation of all revolutionary forces and broadened the basis of participation without excluding all the other components.

road map

And the Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdok, announced in a speech addressed last night to the Sudanese people of having mapped out a way out of the crisis, underlining the need to end the rift between the components of the revolution, and to broaden the basis of the transition to accommodate all the components of the forces of freedom and change .

He also stressed that the crisis that Sudan is going through, the state of strong polarization between the components of the transition period and the differences in the political incubator are very serious.

He also made it clear that the conflict in course in the country is a struggle between the field of democratic transition and the field of the coup against the revolution, emphasizing that it does not act as a mediator in the crisis, but rather is biased towards the supporters of the democratic transition civil law.

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