Arab News 

DUBAI: Sudan’s armed forces gave all concessions possible to achieve Sudan’s dreams, Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan said in a televised address on Tuesday, a day after military forces took control of the government and deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.

“Hamdok is at my house carrying on a normal life,” Burhan said in his televised address, but was being kept away for his own safety. The military leader later said that Hamdok would be returned to his own home later in the day.

Burhan emphasized that the Constitutional Declaration 2019 has “not been scrapped, only the items pertaining to the civilian partners.”

The declaration outlines the transition to the civilian government.

“We are aiming to see through a transition to a civilian government,” he said.

Burhan, who headed the transitional government through the Sovereign Council, earlier declared a state of emergency and announced the dissolution of the Sovereign Council following the military coup.

“The mistrust between transitional parties occurred after the signing of the peace agreement in Juba,” Burhan said in his address.

Sudan’s interim government and the Al-Hilu movement, the main rebel group in the country, agreed in March to re-start peace talks in an agreement signed in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

Burhan said that there has been incitement and hostility towards the armed forces, and that danger would have led to a civil war in the country.

He likewise said that he earlier discussed with US special envoy Jeffrey Feltman how to resolve the stalemate between political forces and the army.

Feltman met with Sudanese military and civilian leaders over the weekend in efforts to resolve a growing dispute.

He promised that judicial bodies will be formed in the coming days.

“The armed forces cannot continue the transitional period on its own, we need participation of Sudanese people,” Burhan said.

The military general also said that the legislature that will be formed will include young participants from the revolution.