SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan protesters and army postpone announcement on ruling sovereign council
19/8/19: Multiple sources – Sudan protesters and army postpone announcement on ruling sovereign council
Sudan’s ruling military council said that Sudan’s pro-democracy movement, the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) has asked for a delay on the announcement of a joint ruling body because of last-minute, internal disputes over the opposition appointees.
The new, 11-member body — called the sovereign council — is to rule Sudan for a little over three years until elections can be held.
Military council spokesman Shamseldin Kabbashi said the FFC withdrew its appointees to the council, saying it would hold more consultations among its factions.
That comes after internal disputes within the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), one of the opposition factions, over the nomination of one its leaders, Taha Othman, to the sovereign council — despite the SPA decision to bow out of it.
Othman, a key protest negotiator, himself said earlier Monday he was withdrawing his nomination because of “confusion and divisions” within the SPA.