Protesters in the streets condemn not only the coup that toppled Hamdok in October 2021, but the deal that brought him back to power in November.
Various opposition political groups and other political forces even considered it an unacceptable concession by Abdullah Hamdok to the military, who controlled Sudan for much of the past six decades.
Security forces killed at least three demonstrators on Sunday. A total of 57 people have died since the coup in late October.
Hours after the violent protests, Hamdock confirmed his resignation in a televised statement. The outgoing prime minister warned that the country is at a “dangerous turning point” that threatens the country’s very survival.
“I tried to do my best to prevent our country from getting into trouble. But despite my efforts to achieve the desired and necessary consensus to ensure security, peace, justice and an end to the bloodshed, this did not happen, ”he lamented.
Hamdok’s resignation adds even more uncertainty to the current situation in Sudan, a country that has been experiencing an increasingly unstable transition from dictatorship to democracy since 2019.
That year, the country was ruled by a council of civilians and military. after the fall of Omar al-Bashir, the dictator he ruled for three decades. The transition process was supposed to end in July 2023 with the appointment of elections.
Despite the difficulties, the aforementioned advice he remained in power until the coup in late October 2021, when several civilian members of the transitional government were detained, including Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok… Then General Abdel Fattah ha-Burkhan declared a state of emergency and the dissolution of the government and the transitional council.
The protesters never made a government decision regarding the person responsible for Hamdok’s initial testimony. In addition to the release of political prisoners, various party forces demanded that the leaders of the coup be brought to justice and accused Hamdok of supporting a false power-sharing.
However, the prime minister’s resignation leaves the country in an even more uncertain situation as it completes the withdrawal of civilian weapons and leaves the army under full and effective government control.
“[A renúncia do primeiro-ministro Abdullah Hamdok] this is a big blow to the military leaders, who thought the deal would appease the protesters and legitimize their rule. It is clear that these calculations are wrong. But this means that the army is now firmly in power, undoing the gains made while the country was trying to return to civilian power. The current political crisis threatens to return Sudan to the authoritarian times of ousted former military leader Omar al-Bashir. ” continue Emmanuel Igunza, BBC News.
