SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Sudanese Journalists Network - Statement on the coup attempt

23/9/2021: Sudanese Journalists Network - Statement on the coup attempt

The Sudanese Journalist Network (SJN)considers the statements attacking civilians made by military leaders Abdulfattah al-Burhan and Himedti an “advanced step towards the seizure of power”, declaring that it will work with other democratic forces “to urgently mobilise the people and develop a professional plan of action to confront such attempts”.

The SJN further stated that the al-Burhan and Himedti’s comments proved the correctness of its position rejecting the power-sharing agreement with military forces, which like the revolutionaries in “an imbalanced partnership dominated by the military of the former regime, with civilians marginalised”.

Nonetheless, the SJN added, despite their differences with the civilian government, it will “not lose sight of the imminent danger posed by the dictatorship,” with their differences being solely political and will managed by the mechanisms of peaceful civil debate.