Sudanese security forces fired tear gas canisters on Tuesday (November 30th) at thousands of demonstrators marching in Khartoum for a handover from the authorities to civilians, witnesses told AFP.
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These demonstrators converge on the presidential palace, the former HQ of dictator Omar al-Bashir overthrown by the army under the pressure of a popular revolt in 2019 and since then become the seat of the transitional authorities headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane , author of the October 25 coup.
Almost a month after this coup, an agreement was signed at the highest level: civilian Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok returned to his post, while the stranglehold of the army and of General Burhane in particular was consecrated at least until 'in the elections promised in July 2023. Since then, many civil society organizations, ministers ousted by the putsch and numerous demonstrators have continued to denounce the agreement of 21 November, seen by the international community as a first step towards return to democracy.
"I demonstrate to demand the fall of military power"
Again Tuesday in Khartoum, thousands of demonstrators chanted "
no partnership, no negotiation
" or shouted that they wanted "
the soldiers to return to their barracks
".
"
I am demonstrating to demand the fall of military power,
" Mohamed Alaedinne, a protester in Khartoum, told AFP.
For the Association of Sudanese Professionals (APS), one of the spearheads of the 2019 revolt, the new demonstration on Tuesday, despite a crackdown that has already left 42 dead and hundreds injured since the putsch, is "
a clear response to the insane gesture of the putschists
”.
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The APS accuses the army and Abdallah Hamdok, now shouted as a "
traitor
" by the street, of "
reproducing the old regime and its corruption
", while Sudan emerged two years ago from thirty years of dictatorship military-Islamist of General Bashir.
