Sudan to hold elections within nine months
The Sudan’s Military had notified the public that election will be held within nine months , and it decided to cancel all that had been formerly agreed on with the protesters about the sudan transition.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s also made the announcement after Sudan’s military, forcefully broke up a weeks-long sit-in outside Khartoum’s army headquarters calling on the country’s ruling generals to hand over to civilian rule, leaving more than 30 dead.
“The Military council decides on cancelling what was agreed on and stopping negotiating with the Alliance for Freedom and Change, and to call for general elections within a period not exceeding nine months,”
Burhan also said that the election would take place under “regional and international supervision”.
If you recall the Transitional Military Council overthrow president Omar al-Bashir in April after months of protests against his authoritarian rule.
It had agreed a three-year transition period for transferring power to a civilian administration and that parliament be composed of 300 members for the transition, with around two-thirds from the protest alliance and the rest drawn from other political groups before talks broke down on May 20.
According to doctors close to the protesters 30 people dead and hundred seriously wounded Thousands of people remained camped outside the military headquarters calling for the generals to cede power before security forces used force to break up the sit-in .
Diplomats said It drew sharp international criticism, with both the US and the UN condemning the breaking up of the sit-in.The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors to discuss Sudan, after Britain and Germany requested the talks.
The Alliance for Freedom and Change had also announced “the end of all political contact and negotiations with the put-schist Council” following the deaths.
Burhan said that the military council would order an inspection into it.