Sudan protest leaders on Friday announced plans to unveil a civilian body to take over from the country’s ruling military council as crowds of demonstrators kept up the pressure outside army headquarters in the capital Khartoum.
The military council, which took power after overthrowing Sudan’s longtime leader Omar al-Bashir on April 11, has so far resisted calls from protesters to quickly make way for a civilian administration.
The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), which has been spearheading the months-long protests, said in a statement that the civilian council members would be named at a news conference at 17:00 GMT on Sunday outside the army complex to which foreign diplomats are also invited.
“We are demanding that this civilian council, which will have representatives of the army, replace the military council,” Ahmed al-Rabia, a leader of the umbrella group of unions for doctors, engineers and teachers, told the AFP news agency.
The latest announcement comes after the group on Thursday outlined the structure of the potential transitional government.
The SPA said the new transitional government should be made up of a presidential council tasked with carrying out the functions of the state, a council of ministers and a transitional civil statutory council.