{"id":6816,"date":"2021-12-14T19:10:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6816"},"modified":"2021-12-14T19:10:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:10:19","slug":"sudans-civilian-prime-minister-is-back-heres-why-thousands-are-still-protesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6816","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s civilian prime minister is back. Here\u2019s why thousands are still protesting."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“In April 2019, a military coup ended<\/a> Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir\u2019s 30-year rule, which was marked<\/a> by press censorship, the jailing of political dissidents, and the imposition of harsh sharia law, all enforced by regime security forces. Following al-Bashir\u2019s arrest, the military worked with civilian parties to establish a transition to democracy and civilian rule”
…
“That included a transitional power-sharing agreement between the military and civilian leadership, which was then amended with the Juba Peace Agreement in 2020<\/a>, a deal<\/a> between the transitional government and several armed groups which sets out the constitutional process and power-sharing arrangements, among other stipulations for the future democratic government. Crucially for the current crisis, civilian leaders insisted on an eventual governmental structure free from military influence; the memory of al-Bashir\u2019s regime and its brutality were still fresh, and a government run under the auspices of the military couldn\u2019t be trusted.”  
…
“But that progress appeared fleeting when al-Burhan moved to seize power on October 25, forcing Hamdok into house arrest, detaining other members of the civilian government, and using deadly force to crack down on the massive, widespread protests against the coup that occurred over the past month.”
…
“Since the coup, according to Siegle, the junta, led by al-Burhan, has been searching for a civilian leader to serve as a figurehead prime minister while the military maintained actual control, and even appointed some politicians from the al-Bashir government, like Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo<\/a>, who led brutal campaigns against opposition fighters in Darfur, into leadership positions \u2014 essentially trying to continue the regime that civilian groups had sacrificed so much to overthrow just two short years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the junta was unable to find a suitably legitimate figurehead, Siegle theorizes, it was decided that Hamdok would be able to return to his position and preside over a \u201ctechnocratic\u201d cabinet. What that means is unclear, however: While protesters are calling for absolutely no military influence in the selection of the cabinet, there have not been assurances that Hamdok will be free to select his own ministers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Already, as civilian protest leaders have made clear, there\u2019s little confidence in Hamdok\u2019s return to office, and demonstrations will likely continue”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/11\/21\/22794556\/sudan-coup-protests-prime-minister-reinstated-democratic-transition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“In April 2019, a military coup ended Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir\u2019s 30-year rule, which was marked by press censorship, the jailing of political dissidents, and the imposition of harsh sharia law, all enforced by regime security forces. Following al-Bashir\u2019s arrest, the military worked with civilian parties to establish a transition to democracy and civilian rule”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“That included a transitional power-sharing agreement between the military and civilian leadership, which was then amended with the Juba Peace Agreement in 2020, a deal between the transitional government and several armed groups which sets out the constitutional process and power-sharing arrangements, among other stipulations for the future democratic government. Crucially for the current crisis, civilian leaders insisted on an eventual governmental structure free from military influence; the memory of al-Bashir\u2019s regime and its brutality were still fresh, and a government run under the auspices of the military couldn\u2019t be trusted.” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“But that progress appeared fleeting when al-Burhan moved to seize power on October 25, forcing Hamdok into house arrest, detaining other members of the civilian government, and using deadly force to crack down on the massive, widespread protests against the coup that occurred over the past month.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Since the coup, according to Siegle, the junta, led by al-Burhan, has been searching for a civilian leader to serve as a figurehead prime minister while the military maintained actual control, and even appointed some politicians from the al-Bashir government, like Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, who led brutal campaigns against opposition fighters in Darfur, into leadership positions \u2014 essentially trying to continue the regime that civilian groups had sacrificed so much to overthrow just two short years ago.
\nWhen the junta was unable to find a suitably legitimate figurehead, Siegle theorizes, it was decided that Hamdok would be able to return to his position and preside over a \u201ctechnocratic\u201d cabinet. What that means is unclear, however: While protesters are calling for absolutely no military influence in the selection of the cabinet, there have not been assurances that Hamdok will be free to select his own ministers.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Already, as civilian protest leaders have made clear, there\u2019s little confidence in Hamdok\u2019s return to office, and demonstrations will likely continue”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[417,1104,431,660,1077],"class_list":["post-6816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-africa","tag-authoritarianism","tag-democracy","tag-dictatorship","tag-sudan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6817,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6816\/revisions\/6817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}