A statement by the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has indicated that it welcomes the power-sharing agreement between the civilian and military components of Sudan after the release of the country’s prime minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday.
In the statement, the Ethiopian government stated it appreciates the empowerment of the Sudanese Prime Minister to form his cabinet, reinstate all institutions of the transitional period, and the affirmation to make the constitutional declaration the legitimate governance document.
The government of Ethiopia also said it hopes that the new power-sharing agreement between the President and Prime minister would bring peace and stability in Sudan in particular and to the sub-region in general.
Sudan’s ousted Prime Minister had signed a 14-point political agreement with the military on Sunday and have asked him to form a “technocrat Cabinet” which would be guided by a 2019 political declaration and the basis for transition in the country towards the elections scheduled to be held in 2023.
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 crisis that threatened to undermine Sudan’s political transition.
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.
During his address at the signing ceremony in Khartoum, Hamdok said the political agreement will not only correct the path of the revolution and political transition in Sudan, he said that the signing has brought Sudan back into the international community, lifted its name from the terrorist blacklist and many other achievements but added that there are still many challenges lying ahead.
The head of the military council Al-Burhan, on his part, said the agreement was the first step to solve the crisis facing political transition, adding that dialogue would be held with all political parties in Sudan, with the exception of the former ruling party of ousted President Omar al-Bashir, on the country’s political transition.
On the contrary, the Forces of Freedom and Change -FFC, Sudan’s main civilian coalition that had shared power with the military, said it does not recognize the deal to reinstate Hamdok and that it stands on its previously announced position: no negotiation, no partnership and no legitimacy for the putschists,” the FFC said in a statement.
Before the military takeover, Sudan was administered by a sovereign council of military and civilian officials which was overseeing the transition period until elections are held in 2023 as part of a power-sharing pact between the military and FFC.
