Update: Sit-in calling for Sudanese government dissolution grows into thousands

[PSOL]

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/09/30/in-the-aftermath-of-coup-attempt-sudans-revolutionary-forces-intensify-mobilization/

Tensions between the civilian and military components of the transitional government in Sudan have been escalating since the failed military coup attempt on September 21. On Sunday, September 26, amidst the deteriorating security situation in capital Khartoum and other parts of the country, the police and soldiers guarding a critical government office were withdrawn at the order of Lt. Gen. Abdelfattah El Burhan, the commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). However, civilian protesters gathered in large numbers to provide security to building which has great symbolic and official significance.

Burhan is the president of the Sovereignty Council, the highest body in the transitional government. Following the failed coup attempt on September 21, Burhan accused the civilian leaders in the government of creating an environment which encouraged the coup by disrespecting the military and blaming it for the economic and security crisis in the country.

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In the civilian-dominated cabinet, the defense minister is not answerable to the prime minister, but to Burhan. While the finance ministry pays the salaries of the soldiers and the militias, it exercises no control over the businesses owned by the army. In an expression of helplessness as prices continue to spiral out of control, the PM recently revealed that up to 82% of the economy is controlled by the army.

It is not only the strategic industries that the army controls. “Even petty-production like the farming of tomatoes for local consumption is controlled by the army! Petty producers and small businesses are being put out of commission due to competition by army-owned businesses,” Sheikh explained.

Hopefully the planned mobilizations finally works to dismantle the Army’s grip.

[CumbrianLefty]

Still some pro-Bashir elements in the military, incredibly.

[PSOL]

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sit-in-calling-sudanese-government-dissolution-grows-into-thousands-2021-10-18/

A sit-in calling on the military to dissolve Sudan's government grew into the thousands on Monday as the country grappled with what its civilian leadership has called the biggest crisis of a two-year-old transition from autocracy.

Protesters, including many who arrived by bus from outside Khartoum, were assembled by a coalition of rebel groups and political parties that have aligned themselves with Sudan's military, which has accused the civilian political parties of mismanagement and monopolising power.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

So they’re pro-army? The excerpt at the top would make them seem otherwise.

[PSOL]

So they’re pro-army? The excerpt at the top would make them seem otherwise.

Currently all factions are on the streets wanting government change.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

So they’re pro-army? The excerpt at the top would make them seem otherwise.

Currently all factions are on the streets wanting government change.

But what do all these different factions want the government to change *to*? I can’t imagine they all want the same thing.

[PSOL]

So they’re pro-army? The excerpt at the top would make them seem otherwise.

Currently all factions are on the streets wanting government change.

But what do all these different factions want the government to change *to*? I can’t imagine they all want the same thing.

There is the SPLM—Darfur—Sudanese Professional Association—Communist Party axis wanting the transitional regime to end and bring forth multiparty elections

There are the old remnants of the previous regime and the liberals, led by Abdullah Hamdok, who don’t want the transitional government to end if it leads to a left wing diverse, black-inclusive government

Then there are the deep state and regular Mullahs wanting things to return to the good old days

I don’t know what the Mahdists are doing.