In Sudan, the military and opposition have negotiated the reorganization of the power structure following the overthrow of long-time President Omar al-Bashir. The opposition could appoint a prime minister and the cabinet, not the future president, according to an army spokesman. He promised that the military would not act against the demonstrators outside his headquarters.
The opposition, on the other hand, has called for the immediate and unconditional transfer of power to a transitional civilian government, which should remain in power for four years. The leader of the opposition Congress party, Omer al-Digair, demanded the dissolution of the National Congress party Al-Bashir. „We demand the reconstruction of the security apparatus,“ said Al-Digair. „We do not need a security apparatus that arrests people and closes newspapers.“
SPA publishes catalog of demands
The parties and movements behind the months-long protests against Al-Bashir announced that the protests would continue until the government was put in the hands of civilians.
The union SPA published a nine-point list on Sunday. In it she demands the indictment of the forces behind Al-Bashir’s 1989 coup. In addition, all government-loyal unions are to be dissolved, the assets of leading Al-Bashir government officials frozen and all leading judges and prosecutors dismissed.
The military had dropped Al-Bashir on Thursday, established a military council and promised elections within two years. 75-year-old Al-Bashir is under house arrest for military claims and is being sought by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in the Darfur region. The military said it did not want to extradite him, but tried him in Sudan.
