SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Elements of Al Bashir’s regime remain in Sudan’s transitional institutions

17/8/19: Multiple sources – Elements of Al Bashir’s regime remain in Sudan’s transitional institutions

• New York Times, by Declan Walsh

• AP, by Samy Magdy

Multiple sources reported that the euphoria of Sudan’s power-sharing agreement was tempered by the “tough compromises,” of the deal, which ensured that the military, led by Omar Al Bashir’s allies, will retain its power grip.

 Sara Abdelgalil of the Sudanese Professionals Association, told the New York Times: “we just hope that we will achieve a civilian-led government at the end of the three years. And if we fail, we will go back to the street.”

 The extent of the concessions agreed to by Sudan’s revolutionaries was evident at the ceremony, Himedti signed the agreement on the military’s behalf, despite the June 3 massacre his forces allegedly led.

 Suliman Baldo, a senior researcher with the Enough Project, told AP that daunting challenges will face Sudan’s progress to democracy and sound governance, chief among them the survival of the elements of the former regime in the institutions of the transition.”