Sudan’s pro-democracy bloc to name prime minister, form gov’t ‘within month’

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s main pro-democracy coalition said it will name a prime minister and form a transitional government within month.

"Within three or four weeks, we can finish implementing the framework agreement, name a prime minister, form the government and begin the transitional period,” Shihab Ibrahim, a spokesman for the Forces for Change and Freedom coalition, told Anadolu Agency in an interview, to be fully published on Thursday.

Last Monday, Sudan’s military and political forces signed a framework agreement meant to resolve the country’s months-long crisis.

The deal was signed by army chief Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, FFC coalition, the Democratic Unionist Party and a number of rebel movements.

The agreement pledges a 2-year transition period and the appointment of a civilian prime minister by political parties that signed the framework agreement.

It also calls for the reform of the military and defense sector, unifying the military and integrating the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary force, into the army.

Sudan has been without a functioning government since October 2021 when the military dismissed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional government and declared a state of emergency, a move decried by political forces as a "military coup."

*Ikram Imane Kouachi contributed to this report