Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has told a group of national political and intellectual figures that he intends to resign in the coming hours. Some political analysts see this as a political strategy to put pressure on the military administration and give him some authority.
Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has told a group of national political and intellectual figures that he intends to resign in the coming hours, sources close to Abdalla Hamdok told Reuters on Tuesday. Some political analysts see this as a political strategy on Hamdok’s part.
Abdalla Hamdok was reinstated on November 21 following a military coup a month earlier that saw the military take power and end a transitional partnership with political parties.
Several political forces took part in drafting the agreement, while many very influential and significant ones were left out. The agreement and Hamdok in his role as Prime Minister has faced widespread and fierce criticism from parties and the broad general public.
On Sunday, hundreds of thousands of people marched on the presidential palace rejecting both military rule and Abdalla Hamdok’s decision to return as Prime Minister, which he had said he took to end bloodshed. Two persons were killed during the demonstration.
Some 47 people have died in crackdowns on protests against military rule, including two as a result of Sundays protest. The United Nations said on Tuesday that it had received reports of rape or gang rape of 13 women and girls.
The group Hamdok spoke to on Tuesday called on him to stay. But Abdalla Hamdok insisted he would leave.
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