SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Aisha Musa resigns from Sovereign Council saying civilians are being ignored

23/5/2021: Multiple sources – Aisha Musa resigns from Sovereign Council saying civilians are being ignored

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In a tearful speech explaining her resignation from the ruling Sovereign Council, Aisha Musa, one of only two women on the council, accused the military-dominated transitional government of ignoring civilian voices.

"The civilian component in the sovereign (council) and at all levels of government has become just a logistical executive body that does not participate in decision-making," Aisha Musa said. "Rather it only stamps the approval of pre-prepared decisions," she added.

Musa also accused transitional authorities of delaying the formation of the Legislative Council, the third body constituted in the power-sharing agreement alongside the Sovereignty Council and the cabinet. 

Musa also apologised to: “all women of Sudan, who still continue to suffer exclusion from participating in decision-making, the mothers and families of martyrs, the wounded, sick elderly, children, those with special needs and in domestic and foreign prisons, the Civil Forces Alliance, all Sudanese people, and individuals in government”.