Biden signs an executive order to sanction those who obstruct the democratic transition in Sudan

May 4. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has issued an executive order this Thursday that will allow the different federal agencies to extend the sanctions to those individuals who obstruct the transition towards democracy in Sudan in the context of the confrontations between the Army and the paramilitaries. Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

“The situation in Sudan, including the military takeover in October 2021 and the outbreak of fighting between the parties in April 2023, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. “The White House said in a statement.

In this sense, he has stressed that Washington supports a transition to democracy and a civilian transitional government in Sudan, for which reason the sanctions will be extended, by virtue of the executive order, to all those who obstruct said process by limiting freedom of expression. , promoting corruption or committing abuses of Human Rights, among others.

“The violence taking place in Sudan is a tragedy, and a betrayal of the demand of the Sudanese people for civilian rule and a transition to democracy. I join the demands for peace in Sudan and leaders around the world in call for a lasting ceasefire between the warring parties,” said US President Joe Biden himself.

The US president has stressed that Washington has urged the parties from the beginning to cease hostilities and adhere to the negotiation process to achieve peace in the country, in which the United States continues to assist its nationals.

“The Sudanese people have suffered thirty years under an authoritarian regime, but they have never abandoned their commitment to democracy or their hope for a better future. Their dedication overthrew a dictator, only to experience a military takeover in October 2021” , has settled.