SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: al-Jareeda – al-Burhan and what about your positions?

23/9/2021: al-Jareeda – al-Burhan and what about your positions?, by Sabah Mohammed al-Hassan

Columnist Sabah Mohammed al-Hassan examines the speeches by Sovereign Council chairman and commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Abdulfattah al-Burhan, and his deputy, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Himedti - which blamed civilians for the coup attempt.

With al-Burhan and Himedti both lamenting Sudan’s lack of security and tough conditions for the citizen, al-Hassan writes that “security is the core of their work…and if they are not responsible for citizen livelihoods, then why are they being partnered with in governance?”

Al-Hassan raises the prospect of the military leaders being connected to the coup attempt in how they spoke about it “with frustration rather than the pride [of successfully thwarting coup attempts]”, and that they attacked civilians rather than the remnants of the former regime, which, according to al-Hassan, “confirms that the remnants have nothing to do with the coup, or the military partnered with them in it”.