Sudan military signs deal to reinstate ousted PM Hamdok

By Mohammed Amin

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was reinstated on Sunday after signing a political agreement with the military.

The deal, signed by Hamdok and Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the ruling military council, puts an end to a weeks-long political crisis that threatened to undermine Sudan’s political transition.

The 14-point agreement stipulates that a 2019 political declaration will be the basis for transition in Sudan and that elections will be held in 2023 as scheduled. It also provides for the prime minister to form a “technocrat Cabinet”.

The agreement also calls for the formation of all transitional institutions, including the legislative assembly and the constitutional court, and the appointment of attorney-general and chief justice.