He also spoke of the prime minister Abdullah Hamdok, whose release the international community has demanded since he was arrested the day before. He is “in my house,” said the army chief.
Hamdok, a former UN economist, “is in good health” and “will return home when the crisis is over,” he added.
The prime minister, turned into the civilian face of the transition in Sudan, was arrested on Monday at dawn along with his wife, many of his ministers and other civil leaders.
“Yes, we detained ministers and politicians, but not all,” the general reported during a press conference lasting almost an hour in the form of a monologue.
The protesters, whose civil disobedience has turned Khartoum into a dead city with no internet or telephone, refuse to surrender.
Although we now know where the head of government is, “we will not leave the streets until the civil government is reinstated,” Hocham al Amin, a 32-year-old engineer, told AFP. And after the fiasco in the cooperation between the military and civilians, “we will never again accept an alliance with the army.”
Sudan’s political future is anyone’s guess. At the moment all flights to and from Khartoum airport have been suspended “until October 30,” Ibrahim Adlan, director of aviation, told AFP.
For the troika of countries (state United, Kingdom United and Norway) who previously mediated in Sudanese conflicts, “the actions of the military betray the revolution and the transition.”
To add pressure to the coup plotters, Washington decided to “suspend” an aid of 700 million dollars destined to the transition that was to lead Sudan to its first free elections.
The European Union it also threatened to suspend financial support “if the situation is not immediately reversed.”
The UN Security Council he was scheduled to meet to discuss the matter.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Sudan’s prime minister “must be released immediately.”
Solo Russia he distanced himself from criticism and attributed the blow to “wrong policy” and “foreign interference” in this country, where Russians, Turks, Americans and Saudis are vying for influence attracted by their strategic ports on the Red Sea.
On their side, pro-democracy activists declared a “general strike” and “civil disobedience” against the coup by General Burhan, who promised to form a “competent” government soon and continue the transition to free elections.
Under a sea of national flags, thousands of Sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum to “save” the “revolution” that toppled Bashir in 2019, following a crackdown that killed 200 people.
On Monday at least four protesters died by bullets “fired by the armed forces” and more than 80 were wounded, said a pro-democracy union of doctors.
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