SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - Sudan activists reject power-sharing with army, call strikes
AP report that the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), the trade union umbrella group that played a leading role in the uprising, rejected internationally-backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military.
Calling for the establishment of a civilian government to lead the democratic transition, the SPA said mediation initiatives which “seek a new settlement” between the military and civilian leaders would “reproduce and worsen” Sudan’s crisis.
Under the slogan of: “No negotiations, no compromise, no power-sharing,” the SPA called for strikes and civil disobedience.
Al-Wathig al-Berier, the secretary general of the Umma party, urged the international community to pressure the military to de-escalate, saying that mediation efforts have yet to produce results, blaming the military for that failure. He warned of possible bloodshed since the military and the protest movement have become increasingly entrenched in their positions.