Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council and leader of the Sudanese armed forces, has said that the Sudanese armed forces wish to withdraw from the national political process, to make way for the civilian government to run the country’s affairs.
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan succeeded in taking control of the government of Sudan after leading a coup on 25 October 2021, due to protests by the population after 30 years of dictatorial rule by Omar al-Bashir, which ended with his overthrow in 2019.
In recent years, Lieutenant General Al-Burhan has promised at times that the army would participate in the elections and assured at times that the army would not interfere in political affairs after the transition period.
According to some media reports, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has now assured that the army does not wish to interfere in the political process, which would pave the way for the formation of a civilian government, adding that the army will be placed under the command of a future government after the completion of the national democratisation process.
A framework agreement was signed last December by Lieutenant-General Al-Burhan, with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Rapid Support Forces, and the leaders of the Freedom and Change Forces (FFC) to seek a democratic solution to the country’s political situation.