Sudan coup leader says he will leave government after transition
Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan shows no sign, so far, of reversing course.
The leader of last month's military coup in Sudan said he will not remain in the government once the country’s planned transition to democracy is complete.
Since deposing Sudan’s interim prime minister and arresting more than a hundred government officials last month, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan has vowed to continue the country’s transition and hold nationwide elections on schedule in 2023.
Burhan announced this weekend that he would not run for office in the country’s future elected government, but there is yet no sign that he and other junta leaders intend to release their grip on power in the near term.
Another top Sudanese general, Mohamed Hamadan Dagalo (“Hemedti”), came out in public support of Burhan’s coup in a video address released late Sunday night.
