SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - El Burhan criticises Sudan's Sovereign Council, defends TPC

10/12/2020: Radio Dabanga - El Burhan criticises Sudan's Sovereign Council, defends TPC

Radio Dabanga report that Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Lt Gen Abdelfattah al-Burhan accused the Sovereign Council of failure and defended his decision to establish the Transitional Partners Council (TPC).

Al-Burhan emphasised the inability of the government to achieve the aspirations of the revolution despite the fact that is has been more than a year since the Sovereign Council and the Council of Ministers were formed. He pointed out the increased suffering of people to obtain their daily needs.

His plans received widespread criticism from political parties and civil society organisations who accused him of abusing his authority to transfer political power away from the country's constitutional institutions to the TPC. However, al-Burhan said the TPC does not aim to confiscate the powers of executive or sovereign bodies and does not eliminate the role of the Legislative Council, but rather aims to address the differences between the organs of government.