The President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, affirmed on Saturday that the military rule will end when the situation returns to normal in Sudan.
Addressing civilians demanding the end of the military rule, he stressed that the purpose of the coup was to reform the country and once this is achieved then the armed forces would withdraw from power.
“The army is an independent institution and if it gets involved in politics then the country would be ruined,” he said, adding that “if politics gets engaged as well in the army, it ruins it.”
Burhan stressed that the army would not be dragged into a confrontation with any party or group in the country.
Speaking on Thursday before a huge mass, he said that the greatest challenge facing the Framework Agreement is the integration of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo “Hemetti”.
In remarks delivered at a mass marriage ceremony north of the country, in the Zakiab locality of the River Nile state, Burhan confirmed that the military is not an enemy to the Forces of Freedom and Change or the Democratic Bloc.
Sudan's military leader went on to say that the military approved the Framework Agreement because it tackles the army unity matters, Juba Agreement, and transitional justice.
He expressed his will to bring together the biggest number of supporters to the Agreement and to avoid “repeating previous scenarios”.
He further called for refraining from bidding in the name of the army or exploiting it in favor of another party.
On Oct. 25, Sudan's military seized power after it ousted the ruling FFC civil alliance.
Burhan and Hemetti signed on Dec. 5 the Political Framework Agreement on handing over power to civilians.
Burhan has been leading mediation efforts to bring the points of view of the FFC and Democratic Bloc closer.
The Bloc consists of armed factions who reject the Framework Agreement.
The mediation resulted in declaring a joint political agreement that stipulates their participation in the current political process in the country.
