Al Burhan announced the withdrawal of the military from the dialogue and asked the civilians for an agreement for a new Executive
July 6. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has expressed his hope that the decision of the head of the Army and coup leader in Sudan, Abdelfatá al Burhan, to ask the political and social forces to agree on a new government represents “an opportunity” to restore the transition.
Guterres’ spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, stressed that the UN Secretary General “takes note” of Al Burhan’s statements about the withdrawal of the military from the internationally mediated talks to leave the way free for civilians to form the new Executive.
“The secretary-general hopes that this will create an opportunity for the Sudanese to reach an agreement that will ultimately lead to a civilian-led transition to democracy in Sudan,” Dujarric said.
In this regard, he has indicated that the trilateral mechanism — made up of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), the African Union (AU) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) — ” encourages dialogue among all actors to reach agreement on the way forward to restore a civilian-led democratic transition.”
Finally, Dujarric stressed that “the (UN) Secretary General supports the calls for an independent investigation into the incidents of violence, also through appropriate transitional justice mechanisms.”
Al Burhan explained on Monday that the Army will not participate in the negotiations sponsored by the tripartite mechanism and urged the political forces to promote “immediate serious dialogue” to “restore the unity of the Sudanese people.” Once this agreement is reached, the Sovereign Transitional Council will be dissolved and a Security and Defense Council will be formed.
The October 2021 coup d’état led to the dismissal of the civilian prime minister, Abdalá Hamdok, although international pressure forced an agreement to reinstate him in office in November, causing him to lose support among the opposition and revolutionary forces.
However, Hamdok presented his resignation in January in protest against the repression of the mobilizations and after the military authorities expelled various civil groups from the Executive, arguing that they were acting against the interests of the State.
The transitional authorities were established after an agreement between the previous military junta, which emerged after the 2019 coup against Omar Hassan al Bashir, and various civil organizations and opposition political formations. This government had initiated a battery of social and economic reforms and has reached a peace agreement with major rebel groups in Darfur and other areas of the country.
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