SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - ‘No group has the right to monopolise power’ – Sudan army chief on coup attempt
Radio Dabanga report that Sovereign Council Chairman and commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Abdulfattah al-Burhan visited army corps at al-Shajara camp in south Khartoum, where the coup attempt reportedly originated.
Alongside affirming the need for unity between civilian and military forces, Al-Burhan said: “the armed forces are leading the change and take it wherever they want”.
He acknowledged that the military are also suffering the dire economic situation, in particular a shortage of spare parts and low salaries. “We already demanded the doubling of salaries,” he explained, and urged the political forces to pay attention to the state of the country.
Hundreds of people took to the streets across Sudan condemning the coup. The Sudanese Communist party said that the failure to prosecute those involved in previous coup attempts tempted others to try to take power too.