Sudanese civilians are rejoicing because power is shared with them according to democracy. (Image via: Voice of Nigeria)

Sudanese Military & People Agree to Share Power

Alfonsus Adi Putra
Politics & Economic
International
Jul 05, 2019
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KHARTOUM - Like rainbow coming after rain, an agreement was finally reached between Sudanese military and their opposition to share transitional power on Friday (5/7). Joy and euphoria are seen on the streets, as Sudanese civilians are shouting, “Civilian!”, celebrating the agreement to share power as the truest art of democracy.

Sudan had been facing conflicts between its military and its people since April when Sudanese military ousted Omar al-Bashir. History recorded that al-Bashir also gained power after a coup in 1989. The pro-democracy protest in Sudan on 3 June killed 35 people in a military dispersal. Of course, the goal of those protesters is the definition of democracy, “to let the people rule”.

Fortunately, now, their goal is now reached. For the past 2 days, the Sudanese military and its opposition had been negotiating about the sharing of the transition of power from Omar al-Bashir to a transitional government. And today, they finally reached an agreement to rotate control over the sovereign council between military and civilians for 3 years or slightly more, according to a statement read by Mohamed Hassan Lebatt, African Union (AU) mediator.

Moreover, to show their harmonious cooperation, the shared transitional government will establish an independent technocratic government and an investigation into the recent weeks’ violence. While the government said that the death toll was 62, the opposition medics stated more than that, about 100 people became victims of the violence.

However, the legislative council has to wait for a moment. Once, an agreement for it was almost reached between them that Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) would take the two-thirds of legislative seats. However, the agreement also dispersed with the violent dispersal on 3 June.

Both AU and Sudan see the agreement as to the beginning of a new era. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy head of the Transitional Military Council, stated that all the Sudanese people, both military and civilians, hope that the agreement will establish a new and better future for Sudan, where nobody is left behind.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48878009

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