SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP – Sudan military leaders reinstate deposed prime minister
AP report on Abdallah Hamdok’s reinstating as prime minister following a deal with the army provides reactions and quotes from analysts
The Sudanese Professionals’ Association (SPA), the trade union coalition that played a key role in the uprising accused Hamdok of committing “political suicide.”. “This agreement is an unjust attempt to bestow legitimacy on the latest coup and the military council,” the SPA tweeted. The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) pro-democracy coalition also rejected the deal.
Cameron Hudson of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, said the deal allows the generals to largely retain their control and avoid accountability for the coup and the deaths of dozens of protesters. “This is a deal among elites that largely seems to prioritise their preservation over the demands of the street,” he said.