SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Bloomberg - Government Split Poses New Threat to Sudan Democratic Transition
Bloomberg report that Sudan’s democratic transition faced a new threat as the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) and other former rebel groups split with their one-time civilian allies of the Forces of Freedom and Change, an activist coalition that led anti-Bashir protests and later selected civilian members for the transitional government, and called for a new government.
Bloomberg state that the step “removes a key pillar of support from embattled civilians in the interim government who are increasingly at odds with the military officials they share power with,” a feud that “risks derailing Sudan’s path to democracy”
SRF deputy chairman al-Tom Hajo said that rebel leaders including finance minister Jibril Ibrahim call for the government to be dissolved and replaced by “real technocrats”.
Hajo rejects allegations from civilian FFC members that the rebels’ decision was instigated by the military in an attempt to discredit the government and sow chaos.