KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan’s top general says the military council that assumed power after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in April will be dissolved with the implementation of a power-sharing deal reached with protesters last week. The military and a pro-democracy coalition agreed last week on a joint sovereign council that will rule for a little over three years while elections are organized. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the military council, said in televised comments late Sunday that the army would return to its barracks after 21 months, when leadership of the council passes from a military representative to a civilian. The protesters will select a Cabinet of technocrats, and a legislative council is to be formed after three months. Burhan said the sovereign council would have a veto on Cabinet appointees and the body’s decisions.

Source: thestar July 08, 2019 10:58 UTC