Don’t provoke army, Sudan opposition chief warns protesters

OMDURMAN - Sudan’s main opposition chief on Wednesday warned protest leaders against any provocation of the country’s army rulers, saying they will soon hand power to a civilian administration as demanded by demonstrators.

“We must not challenge them in a way that makes it necessary for them to assert themselves in a different way,” the veteran politician said.The former premier fought Bashir politically, and in January threw his weight behind the protest movement that finally saw the military topple the leader on 11 April.

Protest leaders want a majority of civilians on a 15-member joint council with seven military representatives.Leaders of the Alliance for Freedom and Change, the umbrella group leading the protest movement, insist the army generals are not serious about handing power to civilians. In a move to step up pressure on the army rulers, the protest movement’s leaders have called for a “million-strong march” on Thursday.

This, he said, was “because they know if ultimately they settle for a military dictatorship, they will be in the same position as Bashir”.

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