The SPA, which led months of protests leading to Omar al-Bashir's fall, urged the council to transfer power to a civilian government immediately
A Sudanese demonstrator gives the peace signs at a sit-in protest outside the defence ministry in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 14 2019. Picture: REUTERSSudan's military rulers faced heavy pressure from protesters and Western governments to hand power to a new civilian government on Monday, as a mass protest outside army headquarters entered its 10th day.
It said the resulting transitional government and the armed forces must bring to justice both Bashir and officials from his feared National Intelligence and Security Service . "It is time for the transitional military council and all other parties to enter into an inclusive dialogue to effect a transition to civilian rule," they said.
A 10-member delegation representing the protesters delivered a list of demands during talks with the council late Saturday, according to a statement by the Alliance for Freedom and Change umbrella group. The foreign ministry said the military council's chief, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, was"committed to having a complete civilian government" and urged other nations to back the council in order to achieve"the Sudanese goal of democratic transition".
Bashir ruled Sudan with an iron fist for 30 years before he was deposed last week following mass protests that have rocked the country since December.
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