Khartoum, Sudan
December 7, 2021 — Sudan’s head of Sovereign Council, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has ruled out allegations that military and paramilitary members of the transitional government will run in the July 2023 elections.
“The president of the Sovereign Council denied what the Agence France-Presse reported about the participation of the military in the upcoming elections,” his office says in a statement.
Sudan has been run by a joint military-civilian authority since August 2019 when Sudanese long time ruler Omer Ahmed Al-Bashir was ousted through popular uprising but civilian members were changed following a coup spearheaded by military in October this year.
In an interview with Al-Burhan over weekend, AFP asked Burhan in an interview on whether or not the military components and the paramilitary members of the transitional Council will be able to participate in the upcoming elections scheduled for 2023.
The head of Sovereign Council, Gen. Burhan responded by saying the August 2019 agreement had “included a clear condition that all leaders who participated in the transitional period will not be allowed to take part in elections after transitional period”.
According to the 2020 peace deal with armed opposition groups some were granted rights to become part of the government that will be followed after the transition.
The statement issued on Sunday said Burhan meant that only ex-rebel groups that signed a peace accord in 2020 could be candidates in the planned elections.
Last month, Al-Burhan reinstated Dr. Abdallah Hamdok whom he overthrown on 25th of October and promised General elections for Sudanese people by 2023.
