The Sudanese Prime Minister has resigned to discuss new issues with the military

Two months after being reinstated as Sudan’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok resigned on Sunday, speaking on television, saying there was a need for new dialogue with the military on democratic transformation.

“I decided to relinquish my position and announce that I had resigned as prime minister, giving the opportunity to another man or woman of that honorable country,” he said.

The resignation of the Prime Minister, a technocrat and a former UN banker, comes after protests by anti-government groups. the seizure of government last October and economic losses. Security forces violently dispersed militias demanding an end to the war, killing at least two people, according to a medical team. At least 56 people have been killed since the October coup and several hundred since the protests began in late 2018.

In 2019, the months of street demonstrations, to begin with led by women as well as experts, prompted the military to oust longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir, who ruled for 30 years.

A new team of leaders led by Abdel Fattah Burhan, now the country’s president, formed an army. hybrid Army-Civilian Council is accused of moving the country to democracy.

Sudan has replaced it financial problems, enhanced by Covid-19 and the need to redevelop the structure after decades of mismanagement and military spending.

When the revolutionary council lost its popularity, the military moved to Hamdok last October, and put him in jail. It he sent him back in November following international pressure, particularly from the US, which linked aid and debt relief and the advancement of democracy.

The military will be committed to democratic elections in 2023, but progress toward that goal has been slow and Hamdok’s role in the government has grown exponentially.

Once a hero of street protests who saw him as a military detective, Hamdok’s popularity waned among the signs that he had no real authority. The measures he was able to take, including the removal of expensive fuel costs, were not welcomed due to the impact on the poor.

Two days ago, Cameron Hudson, a Sudanese expert at the Atlantic Council in Washington, argued on Twitter that Hamdok could not “continue as prime minister and endorse a military government that kills and intimidates innocent people”.

He wrote: “I have no choice but to resign.