The opposition Sudanese Professionals Association, which has been organizing the ongoing anti-government rallies in the country's capital, said on Thursday that the crisis in Sudan could not be resolved through a military coup, stressing that power should be transferred to a transitional government
DAMASCUS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th April, 2019) The opposition Sudanese Professionals Association, which has been organizing the ongoing anti-government rallies in the country's capital, said on Thursday that the crisis in Sudan could not be resolved through a military coup, stressing that power should be transferred to a transitional government.
The country's government has been dissolved following months of anti-government rallies. A source in the country's security services has told Sputnik that President Omar Bashir and his closest associates had been arrested.
"The crisis in Sudan in a chronic one, and it cannot be resolved 'from above' ... This crisis cannot be addressed through another military coup, since this will lead to a new crisis that will be tougher ... There is no other way but to transfer power to a transitional civil national government on the basis of the people's consensus," the press service of the Sudanese Professionals Association said.
The association added that the ongoing crisis was rooted in the 1989 military coup, as a result of which Bashir had come to power.
The Sudanese military has blocked the way to the office of the country's national broadcaster, and military presence near the building has been reinforced. Crowds are currently approaching the office.
The northeastern African country has been engulfed by protests since December. The rallies were initially triggered by the rise in prices for bread and other consumer goods that greatly increased the vulnerability of Sudanese citizens. The protests then took on a new dimension as Sudanese citizens started calling for the resignation of Bashir, who has been in power for nearly 30 years.
