Sudanese military, parties sign transition deal amid protests

• A framework agreement between the military and political parties in Sudan calls for a two-year civilian-led transition leading up to elections.
• The agreement also states that the military will sit on a new “security and defense council” that reports to the prime minister-designate.

Both parties concur on a strategy for eventually moving toward civilian control, but more negotiations are required, and demonstrators insist that transitional justice must be covered.

A framework agreement between the military and political parties in Sudan calls for a two-year civilian-led transition leading up to elections, which would put an end to the deadlock that was started by a coup in October 2021.

However, it is opposed by significant dissenters, such as anti-military protest groups and those loyal to ousted president Omar al-Bashir, who was toppled in 2019.

The initial deal reached on Monday would restrict the military’s official role to a council for security and defense led by the prime minister, but it would leave delicate topics like reforming the security sector and transitional justice for future discussions.

The agreement also states that the military will sit on a new “security and defense council” that reports to the prime minister-designate. In addition, the deal promises to regulate military-owned businesses and unify Sudan’s armed forces.

The leaders of the largest pro-democracy group in the nation, Forces of Freedom and Change, and the two leading generals of Sudan, Abdel-Fattah Burhan and Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, signed the first of at least two planned deals at the Republican Palace in Khartoum.

The pro-democracy Resistance Committee leaders urged protests against the accord following the signing.

They think that any agreement must contain provisions for reforming the security system and transitional justice from the outset.

Before the signing ceremony at the presidential palace, there were demonstrations in at least two different parts of Khartoum.

Several nations, including the US, celebrated the agreement’s signing on Monday.

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