General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said that Sudan’s military will exit politics after the elections set for 2023, adding that the former ruling party would have no role in the transition.
“When a government is elected, I don’t think the army, the armed forces, or any of the security forces will participate in politics. This is what we agreed on and this is the natural situation,” Burhan said during an interview with Reuters on Saturday.
Following a military power grab led by Burhan in late October, a deal was struck to reinstate Prime Minister Hamdok to head a technocratic government until the elections.
The coup drew international criticism after several key officials were detained and protestors met with violence.
But Burhan said that he expected international support to return once a civilian government is formed, stressing that Sudan would not reverse the reforms enacted over the past two years.
“I believe there are positive indicators that things will return [to how they were] soon. The formation of a civilian government will put things back in order,” the general told AFP.
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