Sudan\u2019s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Tuesday the military will not take part in politics in the future.<\/p>\n
“We are establishing an army that will not participate in politics in the future,” al-Burhan said in a televised speech.<\/p>\n
“There is no military personnel staging a coup, it is the politicians who carry out coups,” the army chief said, without expounding.<\/p>\n
“The army should not have a political role,” al-Burhan said. \u201cWe are on the verge of a new phase that will be satisfactory to all.\u201d<\/p>\n
The army chief vowed to restore stability in Sudan before elections. \u201cWe call on politicians to accept the other,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, a spokesman for Sudan\u2019s political process said a final agreement between the country\u2019s rivals will be signed in early April to be followed by the formation of a new government as of April 11.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 8, political dialogue kicked off in Sudan, based on a framework agreement signed between the military and political forces on Dec. 5 to resolve the country’s months-long crisis.<\/p>\n
The deal pledges a two-year transition period and the appointment of a civilian prime minister by the political parties that signed the agreement, as well as reforming and unifying the military.<\/p>\n
Sudan has been without a functioning government since October 2021, when the military dismissed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional government and declared a state of emergency, a move decried by political forces as a “military coup.”<\/p>\n
Sudan\u2019s transitional period that started in August 2019 was scheduled to end with elections in early 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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