Sudan defence minister just after a day procuring the seat stepped down as the head of nation’s transitional ruling military council. Protestors were demanding for the quick political changes after the dethroning of President Omar al-Bashir by the armed forces. Let’s dig through the latest update on Sudan protests.
Military council sought to calm the exaggerated public by promising a new civilian government. Defence minister Awad Ibn Auf on a televised speech said, he is resigning from the chief head of the council.
Ibn Auf said Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman will be new chief head of the council.
Many people celebrated the change in Khartoum streets by chanting, “The second has fallen!” People were saying so in reference to Bashir.
Previously, the military council said, as if chaos can be controlled then the pre-election transition to two years as much or less was expected.
The future civilian government’s announcement tried to re-ensure those protestors who were pressurizing for Bashir’s farewell. After Bashir’s departure, they again resumed to protests against army rule for a quicker and substantial change.
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Thousands of protestors remained in-front-of the defence ministry compound. Bashir himself occupied power in 1989 military coup.
On Saturday, the Sudanese police spokesman said in a statement, 16 people killed and 20 injured in protests and sit-ins on both Thursday and Friday.
They also attacked the government building and private properties.
A doctor, Abdelhamid Ahmed said, “We do not reject a military council in principle, but we reject these people because they are from Bashir’s regime.”
Ibn Auf was Bashir’s vice president, defence minister and one of the Sudanese commanders also.
Reportedly, Washington imposed sanctions on him in 2003 over his alleged role during atrocities in Darfur conflict.
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