Hemetti renews his support for civilian transitional government in Sudan
September 16, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – Mohamed Hamdan Daglo “Hemetti” stated on Friday that he had agreed with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to hand over power to a civilian government.
In a statement issued on Friday, the deputy head of the Sovereign Council disclosed that he and the chair of the military-led council renewed their commitment to completely limit their role to the duties stipulated in the Constitution and the law.
“The meeting with the Chairman of the Sovereign Council (on Thursday) unequivocally recognized that the Head of the Sovereign Council and civilian ministers should be chosen by civilians,” Hemetti said in a short statement.
The release of the statement intervenes less than 24 hours after another meeting on Thursday he and al-Burhan held with the Quad ambassadors where they pledged to hand over power to a civilian government and limit their role to the national defence and security.
He did not say if the face-to-face meeting took place before or after the meeting with the four ambassadors of Britain, Saudi Arabia, Emirates and the United States.
Nonetheless, the statement comes amid reports that the second man is more and more frustrated as a result of his marginalization and that he is informed of several decisions through the media.
In line with the constitutional declaration, the position of the Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council does not exist. Al-Burhan imposed it on the political forces to compensate the commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for his support to evict the Islamist generals from the Transitional Military Council after the collapse of the al-Bashir regime.
“We aspire that the revolutionary forces reach a consensus to form a fully civilian government to complete the tasks of the transitional period, thus establishing a real democratic transition,” he said at the end of the statement.
The RSF leader faces internal rejection from the civilian forces for the participation of his paramilitary forces in the atrocities and killing of peaceful protesters after the revolution, despite his famous statements of April 9, 2019, where he distanced himself from al-Bashir.
Also, he believes that he did not receive recognition for his role in the war in Yemen and the fight against illegal migration to Europe, except from Italy as he said recently.
His quest for recognition faces resistance from Sudanese because of his role in the Darfur war crimes and the looting of gold and other national resources that made him the richest Sudanese in the country.
Nearly a year ago, al-Burhan and Hemetti overthrew the transitional civilian government speaking about the need for a broad cabinet.
(ST)