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The assistant commander-in-chief of the Sudanese army and a member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Major General Yasser al-Atta, confirmed that the Sudanese army will not hand over power to any civilian political entity before holding elections.
Al-Atta made the remarks during a meeting with the National Forces Coordination in the Wadi Sedna military area in Omdurman, where he stressed that the transitional period would witness army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan supervising the political process in cooperation with the police and security.
In a statement from the Sudanese army, Atta stressed that “the coming period will witness the deployment of the military institution inside and outside Khartoum and taking the initiative on all fronts.”
The statement pointed out that the armed forces regained their superiority during the first phase of the war against the Rapid Support Forces, and that they are simultaneously preparing for the next stages.
This comes in the context of political and security tensions in Sudan, after Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan imposed exceptional measures in October 2021, including the dissolution of the Sovereign Council and the transitional ministers and the declaration of a state of emergency, which led to internal divisions and escalating conflicts, including the war with the Rapid Support Forces that resulted in heavy casualties.
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