SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: al-Jareeda - The cowardly coup

14/10/2021: al-Jareeda – The cowardly coup, by Sabah Mohammed al-Hassan

After civilian government leaders said they had a travel imposed upon them by Sudan’s General Intelligence Services, Sabah Mohammed al-Hassan calls for the civilian government to adopt a more confrontational approach towards the military component of the government, by making strong decisions that deter the military component, thereby restoring its revolutionary standing before considering how to fix citizen issues.

Al-Hassan questions how the military leaders can claim that they did not order the unlawful travel ban, but suggests that the civilian government’s weakness, silence, concessions and “turning a blind eye” to their legitimate and guaranteed rights encourage the military to threaten the democratic transition.

Arguing that “passive silence will achieve nothing but humiliation,” she credits civilian sovereign council member Mohammed al-Faki’s confrontational stance for igniting anger in army commander-in-chief, and Sovereign Council chairman, Lt. Gen al-Burhan - “until he reached a point of bankruptcy”.