SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Radio France Internationale - Sudanese revolutionaries impatient for post-Bashir reforms
Laura Angela Bagnetto’s feature piece on the progress of Sudan’s democratic transition quotes veteran journalist Osman Mirghani, the editor-in-chief of al-Tayar newspaper, who argues that the mistakes of “weak” politicians with “limited personal capacity” will “enable the military to step into the gap they are creating.”
Mirghani added that the politicians are “ruling as employees, not leaders”, and lack “a true vision of what needs to be done…a strategic approach and plan, and [are incapable] of ruling.”
Furthermore, Mirghani added: “When the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) alliance signed their declaration, they were looking to remove the dictatorship. What will happen the day after was not considered.”
In addition, Husamuddine Ismail of Sudan’s New Economic Alliance warns that the World Bank and IMF reforms are “not tailored to the Sudanese experience” and will “create continuous instability,” calling for new methods of political economic management focusing on reducing poverty.