SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Financial Times - Sudan protest leaders celebrate power-sharing deal with military
David Pilling and Siddarth Shrinkanth’s feature piece highlights reactions to the Sudanese power-sharing deal.
Sudanese Congress Party chief and “prominent protest leader” Omar Al Digair said “[the agreement] opens the way for the formation of the institutions of the transitional authority, and we hope that this is the beginning of a new era.”
However, Murithi Mutiga, a Sudan expert at the International Crisis Group, said “it’s important to know that the Sudan regime is a past master at extending talks indefinitely and using negotiations to buy time and stay in power.”
Mutiga added that although the deal “will disappoint a lot of people on the street…the protest movement might have thought this is the best they can get.”
Mutiga called for the international community to be steadfast in insisting that the sacrifices of protesters are not in vain.