The head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, confirms that the security forces seek to build an army that does not interfere in politics, and that the armed forces will not stand in the way of reforming the state.
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Al-Burhan: The armed forces will not stand in the way of reforming the state
The head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said, “The current stage in the country is complex and cannot be easily overcome,” stressing the endeavor to build “an army that does not interfere in politics.”
This came during the session of the security and military reform workshop organized by the signatory forces to the framework agreement in cooperation with the tripartite mechanism, today, Sunday.
Al-Burhan added, “The security forces seek to enable any future civilian authority to have the armed forces under its command.”
He stressed the need to “build professional security forces and stop exploiting them in politics,” noting that “the armed forces will not stand in the way of reforming the state.”
He also called on the forces that reject the political process to review the proposals for military and security reform, stressing that it would serve the democratic transition in the country.
This workshop is the last among the necessary workshops decided by the framework agreement signed last December, between the civil and military components, in order to hold in-depth discussions on five issues, including security and military reform.
The most important of these issues is the withdrawal of the army and other regular forces from political life and economic and investment work, in addition to purifying the military institution from elements of the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir, and integrating the Rapid Support Forces and armed movements into the army according to timetables to be agreed upon.
It is expected that the recommendations of this workshop, which will continue until next Wednesday, will be included in the final agreement paper before signing it on the first of next April.
And the Sudanese political parties agreed, last Sunday, to form a new transitional government on April 11, according to the spokesman for the signatories to the political settlement, Khaled Omar Youssef.
Previously, the head of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and his deputy, Muhammad Hamdan Daglo “Hamidti”, decided to form a joint committee of regular forces, relevant state agencies, and armed movements, to follow up on the security situation in the country.