The Sudanese military junta agrees to hand over power to a civilian government

MADRID, 4 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The head of the Sovereign Transitional Council, the military junta that governs Sudan, Abdelfatá al-Burhan, announced this Monday in a televised speech that the body he presides over will dissolve after handing over power to a government agreed upon by civilian political forces.

Al Burhan has explained that the Army will not participate in the negotiations sponsored by the so-called tripartite mechanism, made up of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), the African Union (AU) and the Intergovernmental Authority for East African Development (IGAD) in order to trigger a transition to civilian rule.

Thus, he has urged the political forces to promote an "immediate serious dialogue" to "restore the unity of the Sudanese people" that allows "eliminating the specter of existential threats from the Sudanese state and that everyone returns to the democratic transition", according to collects the newspaper 'Sudan Ajbar'.

Once this agreement is reached, the Sovereign Transitional Council will be dissolved and a Security and Defense Council will be formed. The Armed Forces "will collaborate with the Sudanese people to achieve a national consensus" and has urged the Sudanese, "particularly the young", to "defend peace" with respect for the "right to express each one's opinion".

The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces has explained that this decision aims to "give the political forces an opportunity to dialogue and form a government."

In addition, Al Burhan has mentioned the "martyrs" of the protests and has "regretted" these deaths "on all sides" and has promised that the Army will collaborate in the investigation of what happened so that justice is done.