SUDAN NEWS ALERT: CNN - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok says he'll never step down 'willingly' in the wake of coup
CNN’s sources reveal the stance of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who remains under house arrest following the military coup.
Hamdok is now calling for an overhaul of the political process, leading to a re-structuring of the sovereign council, for him to have full authority and independence in forming a cabinet of politically independent technocrats of his own choosing and to broaden political participation for greater representation, the source said.
"Without this acknowledgment and without the commitment to return to how things were, Hamdok will not negotiate. He refuses to stand down willingly as Prime Minister," the source said.
The source also said that the military's stance is making negotiation difficult.
"What is obstructing talks currently is that the military leadership is unified in their current course of action and in their belief that this is not a coup but a 'correction of the revolution',” the source said.