The Sudanese Professionals’ Association announced plans to hold a demonstration next week demanding the handover of power to civilians.
Plans for the protest comes after the country’s ruling generals rejected an Ethiopian proposal government.
The protests are planned to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the coup that toppled Sudan’s last elected government, and brought former president Omar al-Bashir to power.
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A spokesman for the Sudanese Professionals’ Association, Ismail al-Tag, addressed the media on Monday, calling for marches next week to demand the handover of power to civilians.
“We are calling and preparing for mass demonstrations on June 30 to make sure the military council hears the people’s voice in the streets and the Sudanese people will continue their revolution until it (council) meet their demands and reaches a civilian country”, he said.
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Head of the African program at al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Dr. Amany el-Taweel said;
“Yes, we are back at square one because this is not the first time they (military council) cancel the understandings. This is, indeed, the second time, as they cancelled the deal before, right after the sit-in break-up. I believe they are using time and waiting for the African Union’s initiative, especially after the pressure from the street on them decreased due to the break-up of the military headquarters sit-in.”
Sudan’s military rulers on Monday turned down the Ethiopian proposal for a power-sharing deal with the opposition coalition.
The ruling generals said they would prefer a unified proposal from the African Union and Ethiopia.
