KHARTOUM, SUDAN Sudan’s protest leaders and the Transitional Military Council have agreed on the main structure of a transitional government, a significant step forward in the weeks-long stand-off between the two sides. But they are yet to agree on the side that will have a majority in a new, transitional ruling council until the 2022 elections.<\/P>
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Protesters on Wednesday greeted the late-night deal with a mixture of hope and skepticism when the opposition Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces (DFCF) and Transitional Military Council made the announcement late Tuesday.<\/P>
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The two sides split the difference on a timeline for Sudan’s elections between the opposition’s demand for a four-year transition and the military’s wanting two years.<\/P>
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The power-sharing agreement includes three councils to run sovereign, ministries, and legislative body. The DFCF would hold two-thirds of the seats in the 300-seat parliament.<\/P>
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But there is no agreement yet on which side -\ufffd civilian or the military \ufffd will have a majority in the ruling sovereign council until elections in 2022.<\/P>
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Ruaa Obaid said she and fellow protesters are still waiting for an announcement on a final agreement, expected Wednesday night.<\/P>
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She said the agreement announced Tuesday was satisfying to some extent as it’s a good idea. But her hope is that things will progress further. She said protesters are awaiting the results and hope it’ll be satisfying for everyone.<\/P>
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The deal is the most significant step forward in Sudan’s weeks-long stand-off between thousands of protesters demanding civilian rule and the military.<\/P>
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An attack on the protesters’ sit-in around the Defense Ministry on Monday night left at least six people dead, dozens injured, and raised fears the talks might fall apart.<\/P>
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But protest leaders and the military were quick to say negotiations would continue and announced late Tuesday that a committee was set up to investigate the attack.<\/P>
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Nonetheless, protesters reinforced steel and rock walls around the sit-in, which started April 6 to demand former president Omar al-Bashir step down.<\/P>
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Even after the military ousted Bashir on April 11 from three decades in power, protests continued for civilian rule.<\/P>
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Sitting in a chair near newly-erected barricades, protester Othman Karrar warned a compromise with the military might not satisfy everyone.<\/P>
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He said people in the sit-in area, people are insisting on their full demands and that any compromise would be apportioning the power of the revolution.<\/P>
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He said his observation is that those young people won’t easily back down.<\/P>
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The first six months of the agreed transition are to be dedicated to seeking peace in areas of conflict in Sudan, such as war-torn Darfur, South Kordofan and the Blue Nile<\/P>
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Millions of people in Sudan have been affected by the conflicts and hundreds of thousands displaced.<\/P>
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Fighting erupted again in 2015 as Bashir’s forces tried to regain control of rebel-held territory three months before April elections.<\/P>
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Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and genocide in Darfur, but the military has refused to hand him over.<\/P>
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Source: Voice of America<\/P>
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