SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan’s protesters accept Ethiopian roadmap for civilian rule

23/6/19: Multiple sources – Sudan’s protesters accept Ethiopian roadmap for civilian rule

• Reuters

• AP, by Hussein Malla and Samy Magdy

 Sudan’s protest movement, the Declaration of Freedom and Change (DFC), has accepted an Ethiopian roadmap for a civilian-led transitional government, although the transitional military council did not immediately commit to the plan.

 Ahmed Rabie, a spokesman for the Sudanese Professionals’ Association which is part of the DFC, said that the proposal included a leadership council with eight civilian and seven military members, with a rotating chairmanship. All the civilians would come from the DFC, except for one independent and “neutral” appointee, he said.

 The military will chair the council for the first 18 months, with the DFC leading for the second half of the 3 year transition.