SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP – Sudan’s military sidesteps proposal for civilian rule

24/6/19: AP – Sudan’s military sidesteps proposal for civilian rule, by Hussein Malla and Samy Magdy

 AP reports that Sudan’s military rulers refused to agree to the Ethiopian proposal for a power-sharing agreement with the Declaration of Freedom Change.

 The military council’s deputy head Himedti said that the Ethiopian proposal ws supposed to pave the way for the resumption of talks with the DFC, “not to offer proposals for solutions.”

 The Ethiopian mediator Mahmoud Dirir proposed a 15 member sovereign council govern Sudan for a 3-year period until elections, with 7 DFC and military representatives each, and 1 neutral civilian.

 Himedti said that he did not oppose civilian participation in the sovereign council, but that it “should be (formed) through elections.”