SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: al-Taghyeer – The experimental coup

22/9/2021: al-Taghyeer – The experimental coup, by Osman Mirghani

Despite the failure of the coup attempt, Osman Mirghani, the editor-in-chief of al-Tayyar newspaper, warns that a successful coup may still occur amid “the failure of Sudan’s ruling partners to build vital institutions without which the strength of the state will not be upright”.

Mirghani criticises the “frequent” statements of civilian and military officials that they do not expect a coup by highlighting Sudan’s political and economic environments which culminate in the “slackening of citizen reactions to the idea of the coup”.

Alongside citing the “corrosive” economy, Mirghani also states that the “political situation cannot get any worse”, amid divided ruling forces that are unable to establish institutions of governance such as Legislative, Supreme Prosecution, and High Judicial Councils and the Constitutional Court.

Mirghani adds that these  failures are compounded by “the complete absence of any vision and strategic plan that inspires the path of development and renaissance.”