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Members of Sudan’s transitional government condemned the decision of their army chief to issue a decree to create a new body with broad powers, according to local media.
Earlier this week, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who heads the Sovereignty Council, which is made up of civilian and military leaders, established a “council of transitional partners,” or CTP.
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Details of the CTP only emerged this week, with the umbrella group Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), which spearheaded the demonstrations that last year toppled the ruler Omar al-Bashir, expressing opposition to Burhan’s decree.
Sudan’s SUNA news agency said Burhan’s new council would be “responsible for leading the transition period and resolving differences. [between those in power] and having all the necessary prerogatives to exercise its power “.
The transitional government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok rejected the move, saying Burhan had gone too far in granting new powers to the new body.
Local media reported that Hamdok, a former public administrator, had informed the FFC of his disagreement with the CTP powers.
“Its role should be purely consultative and in no case should it interfere in the activities of the executive and legislative bodies, nor in those of the Sovereign Council,” Hamdok said, according to local media citing political sources.
Government spokesman Faisal Mohammad Saleh said on Friday that Burhan’s decree contradicted the “constitutional declaration” signed in August last year between pro-democracy activists and military generals.
“It is imperative that we declare our disagreement with the creation of the CTP in its current form,” said Saleh, who is also Minister of Culture and Information.
Saleh added that the government and the Sovereignty Council agreed to limit the role of the CTP to “coordinating and resolving disagreements that may arise during the transition period.”
