Hundreds of protestors took to the streets of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, on Thursday to demand the resignation of the military-run administration.
The protesters also disapproved of the deal agreed weeks ago for the gradual transfer of authority to civilian authorities.
A military coup in October 2021 abruptly ended a previous democratic transition agreement with protest leaders.
“This march is a real and honest expression that the power is the people’s power. Resources are the people’s resources. The military needs to return to the barracks, and Janjaweed (Rapid Support Forces, Ed.) are to be disbanded and there is no space for the military institution in power or economy and that all the state issues have to be solved according to a new constitution with a new ideology that assigns the tasks and power for the military to protecting borders and the democratic system”, said political activist, Khaled Soliman.
The Resistance Committees, a grassroots group that has consistently rejected any dialogue with Sudan’s military commanders, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan and General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, led Thursday’s protest.
“We are out today to reinstate the civilian country and we are calling very clearly for the military to return to the barracks and for Janjaweed (Rapid Support Forces, Ed.) to be disbanded”, pleaded protestor Othman al-Hady.
The two military chiefs inked a “framework deal” with Sudan’s major pro-democracy group last month.
The agreement between military and civilian officials also ignored difficult political themes such as transitional justice and military reform, a doctrine that promises to unite Sudan’s many armed factions into a single combat force.
