Khartoum- Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Commander of the Army and Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, issued decisions dismissing security, military and economic officials in the framework of the bone-breaking battle between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which entered its second month.
Al-Burhan’s decisions included the dismissal of Lieutenant General Anan Hamid, the Minister of Interior in charge of the Director General of the Police Forces, the assignment of Lieutenant General Khaled Hassan with the duties of Police Director, and the termination of the services of the two ambassadors in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdul Moneim Al-Baiti and Haider Badawi.
Al-Burhan also relieved the Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Hussein Jangoul, and appointed Burai Al-Siddiq Ali as his successor, and referred 4 army officers to retirement because of their adherence to working with the Rapid Support Forces.
Al-Burhan issued another decision to freeze the accounts of Rapid Support and its companies in all Sudanese banks and their branches abroad, and to prevent the disbursement of any deductions or budgets allocated to them.
officials disappear
Sources in the Sovereignty and Council of Ministers revealed to Al-Jazeera Net that the military component of the Sovereignty Council – which has been directing the military operation against the Rapid Support Forces for a month – noticed the inaction of officials in the designated government and the absence of others for unjustified reasons, which caused a vacuum, deterioration of services and disruption of work in important sectors. in the state.
Anan Hamid, the Minister of Interior and appointed Police Director, left the country before the war broke out to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, then moved to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, and during his stay there, confrontations began and he continued there for 3 weeks, before he returned a few days ago, and communication with him was faltering, which the military leadership considered To escape responsibility in light of the emergency in the country, according to the same sources.
The sources stated that large areas in the localities of Khartoum state were quiet, and police forces could have been deployed in them to maintain security and prevent looting and robbery, as thieves took advantage of the security vacuum and looted public and private property and destroyed several markets, which contributed to complicating the security and living conditions of citizens and sparked panic. Among the citizens who accused the authorities of failing to perform their duties.
The same sources indicated that the deployment of the central reserve police forces in the Arab market in the center of Khartoum and Kalakla in the south led to the stability of the situation and the return of security in these areas.
As for the dismissed Governor of the Bank of Sudan, Hussein Janqul, he left for his town in the state of North Kordofan after the security situation erupted, according to government sources, and it was not possible to communicate with him at a time when he could have remained in Khartoum to deal with issues related to the banking system, as 15 of the 18 states of the country were safe. The banking system can begin its work in it normally.
The sources added that the technical complications associated with the work of electronic clearing for money transfer and the company operating in electronic payment through points of sale and bank applications could have been addressed in light of the cessation of work of banks in Khartoum if the governor of the Bank of Sudan had been at the head of his work, noting that the disruption of these services increased the troubles of citizens and exacerbated their conditions. living.
foreign incitement
And regarding the termination of the service of Abdel Moneim Al-Bayti, the Sudanese deputy ambassador to Germany and the former foreign ministry spokesman, Haider Badawi, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that they belong to the Republican Party, one of the components of the Alliance for Freedom and Change – the Central Council, and they have positions against the military component.
According to the government official, Al-Bayti had included those opposed to Al-Burhan’s decisions in October 2012 and considered it in a statement a military coup, and he continued to criticize the situation.
He added that Haidar Badawi published a letter 3 days ago to the Designated Foreign Minister, Ali Al-Sadiq, asking him to resign and not to cooperate with what he called “the putschists.”
In his letter to his minister, Badawi said, “Submit your resignation and do not make yourself an ally of the forces that shed the blood of our precious people, and what may befall you is much lesser than what befell our martyrs and their bereaved families, and we hope that other ministers and ambassadors will follow you, so you will have won the rewards of this world and the hereafter.”
Military insurrection
In the context of weakening the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo “Hamidti”, Al-Burhan decided on the first days of the war to terminate the assignment of 480 army officers who were with the Rapid Support Forces, which Hamidati considered a betrayal of him, and he saw during a televised interview that the withdrawal of these officers at the same time led to the handing over His forces and camps in the majority of states for the armed forces.
However, 4 officers did not return to the army and remained with the Rapid Support, which prompted Al-Burhan to refer them to retirement. Rapid Support Forces in the Umm Dukhun area, Brigadier General Absher Jibril.
Military expert Hassan Abdel-Azim believes that Al-Burhan’s decision is unsuccessful, and it is very lenient because any soldier or officer who violates the orders of his commander is placed in detention and a military court is formed for him, and the punishment can reach stripping him of his military rank and depriving him of his financial rights.
In his interview with Al-Jazeera Net, Abdel-Azim says that the four officers rebelled against the army and refused to implement the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, and they cannot be rewarded by referring them to retirement and obtaining their financial benefits.
It is believed that Al-Burhan’s other decision to freeze the accounts of the Rapid Support Forces and its companies and to stop disbursing any budgets allocated to them means that the salaries of the Rapid Support Forces will not be paid, which puts pressure on Hamidti and contributes to the restlessness of the members of his forces, and he did not rule out that some of them tended to looting behind their need to meet their needs. that cannot be delayed.
range th house
Observers noted that the ministers assigned by Al-Burhan after his decisions in October 2012 to dissolve the cabinet and impose a state of emergency had disappeared from the scene since the outbreak of the war a month ago, and only Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim, who was based in the coastal city of Port Sudan in the east of the country, appeared. Meetings with state governors and officials in the economic sector, and he followed up the flow of goods and services and the movement of exports and imports.
Among the most prominent officials who played important roles during the crisis was the governor of the Darfur region, Minni Arko Minawi, who left Khartoum with a convoy of military vehicles for his forces and settled in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, and adopted with state governors a plan to improve services, secure public and private property, main roads, and contain tribal violence in western Darfur. Darfur.
In turn, political analyst Bashir Al-Ajmi believes that Al-Burhan’s decisions, which were issued a month after the start of the confrontations in Khartoum, indicate that he has become reassured about the course of the clashes and the army’s progress in achieving its goals, and he found time to review and evaluate the performance of the state agencies and works to arrange the house so that it can carry out its tasks and contain the effects of the confrontations. civilians and the return of public life to normal.
In an interview with Al-Jazeera Net, Al-Ajmi expected the issuance of other decisions from Al-Burhan to activate the state’s agencies and institutions, in addition to the issuance of decisions against Hamidti and his brother Abd al-Rahim, as the first still maintains the position of the second man in the state and his military rank, as well as the second is still an officer in the military institution, Stressing that the delay in making a decision regarding them raises many questions.