(Khartoum) The pro-civil coalition in Sudan on Saturday reiterated its support for Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, warning of “a creeping coup” at a press conference that hostile protesters briefly tried to prevent.
“We renew our confidence in the government and in the head of government,” insisted Yasser Arman, one of the leaders of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FLC), spearhead of the revolt which ousted the autocrat Omar al-Bashir. in 2019.
“The current crisis is a plot, a rampant coup,” he continued while Sudan, already mired in political and economic stagnation, has been the scene for a month of the blocking of its main port in the ‘East and that hundreds of demonstrators have been calling for a “military government” at the gates of the presidential palace for a week.
Faced with these pro-armies, the supporters of a complete transfer of power to civilians mobilized on Thursday by the tens of thousands, taking to the streets in a show of force which, for the experts, will nevertheless not accelerate the difficult transition after 30 years of dictatorship.
A sign that tensions have not subsided, a hundred demonstrators burned tires on Saturday in front of the official Suna agency which hosted the FLC press conference, forcing this coalition to postpone its speech for two hours.
“They are supporters of the Bashir regime,” accused Mr. Arman, an accusation that the procivils also refer to the participants in the pro-army sit-in held not far from Suna.
Also Saturday, Mr. Hamdok said he had not ordered a reshuffle of his cabinet, or even a change in the transitional authorities while for days the rumors of replacement have been increasing.
Khartoum has been the scene of a diplomatic ballet for several days. After the arrival of the head of Africa in British diplomacy, the United States’ emissary for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, was to meet with officials at the weekend, according to Suna.