Sudanese military feels so isolated both internationally and domestically, says Khalid Mustafa Medani, a prominent Sudanese political scientist
But in 2019, the country’s military-dominated political life has taken a different direction toward a civilian government after a popular uprising against Bashir ousted his government.
"It's a very difficult time to perpetuate military rule," says Khalid Mustafa Medani, a Sudanese political scientist, charing the African Studies Program at McGill University. That question has been answered by millions who went out to protest the coup on October 30th. It showed that there is still a very strong opposition across the entire country. I would describe the current situation as a standoff between the military leaders who waged the coup and many million Sudanese .
Some speculate that Hamdok will be reinstated by the coup leaders as the head of the government. Will that happen? No, that’s not going to happen. He clearly said that the only way he will be agreed to be reinstated requires the fulfillment of three conditions. One of them is that they have to release all political prisoners they put in prisons. Number two is all constitutional declarations agreed in 2019 have to be returned in full, including all the articles that were repealed by Burhan.
Abdel Fattah al Burhan, the country’s top general, ousted the civilian government. But he could not find any real civilian partner to help generals govern.
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