Khartoum, Sept 26 (AFP\/APP):The general who heads Sudan’s ruling transitional authority on Sunday pledged to reform the army, days after a failed coup.<\/p>\n
“We are going to reorganise the armed forces… Partisan activities are banned in the army,” Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said at the opening of a military hospital in Khartoum.
\n“The armed forces are committed to holding elections on the date fixed for ending the transition” in 2023, he said.<\/p>\n
“After that, the army will leave the political scene and its role will be limited to protecting the country.”<\/p>\n
Sudan is led by a civilian-military administration under an August 2019 power-sharing deal signed after president Omar Bashir’s ouster by the military in April that year following mass protests against his iron-fisted rule.<\/p>\n
Sudan’s government said it thwarted a September 21 coup attempt involving military officers and civilians linked to the regime of imprisoned Bashir. At least 11 officers were among those arrested.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has since called for reforms within the army, a highly sensitive issue in Sudan.<\/p>\n
A transition to full civilian rule has remained shaky, reeling from deep fragmentation among political factions, economic woes and a receding role for civilian leaders.<\/p>\n
Paramilitary leader and Burhan’s deputy in the Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has pointed a finger of blame at politicians after the failed coup.<\/p>\n
“Politicians are the main cause behind coups because they have neglected the average citizen… and are more concerned fighting over how they can stay in power,” Daglo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Khartoum, Sept 26 (AFP\/APP):The general who heads Sudan’s ruling transitional authority on Sunday pledged to reform the army, days after a failed coup. “We are going to reorganise the armed forces… Partisan activities are banned in the army,” Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan […]<\/p>\n
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