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Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. (Reuters) Khartoum - Mohammed Amin Yassin
Representatives of Sudan’s Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) handed Sunday Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok its list of candidates for the new cabinet.
Meanwhile, differences are still delaying the submission of candidates of the National Umma Party and other parties to the peace process in the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) to the Council of Transition Partners (CTP).
The National Umma Party, which was given the portfolios of foreign affairs, agriculture, oil and religious affairs, has been witnessing sharp internal differences, preventing it from naming its candidates, an informed source told Asharq Al-Awsat.
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has hit out at the country’s military over its vast business interests, at a time of heightened tensions within the civilian-military transitional administration.
Hamdok’s comments on Monday came a day after the United States removed Sudan from its list of state sponsors of “terrorism”, a designation that has, among others, hindered the country’s access to international financial networks.
“Every army in the world invests in defence companies,” said Hamdok, an economist by training who has served in major international institutions.
“But it is unacceptable for the military and/or security services to do so in productive sectors, and thus compete with the private sector,” continued the 64-year-old, as he took aim at the powerful military’s interests in sectors ranging from mining to agriculture.
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December 10, 2020 at 5:00 pm
The pressure for Sudan s far left to be isolated from the country s politics reached its climax this week with the formation of a new council from which its representatives will be excluded. The President of Sudan and leader of the ruling Sovereign Transitional Council (STC), Abdel Fatah Al-Burhan, has secured himself as head of the new Council of Transition Partners (CTP) without appointing a deputy, but has already signalled that members of the communist and far left parties will not be invited as members of the new body.
In a letter announcing its formation, he said that the CTP has been created specifically to incorporate the armed groups who had recently signed a peace deal to end decades of hostilities. The new council will be responsible for leading the transition period, resolving differences [between those in power] and having all the necessary prerogatives to exercise its power, reported Sudan s official news agency.