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Sudanese generals determined to eliminate RSF militiamen and prosecute rebel commander
[SUDANTRIBUNE] A member of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Lt. General Yasir al-Atta, voiced their determination to dissolve the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and prosecute its rebel commander militarily.Several sources close to the American-Saudi mediated talks in Jeddah said an agreement would be signed in the coming hours to stop the fighting in Khartoum and deliver humanitarian assistance to the civilians in the capital. In an interview with the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Wednesday, Mohammed al-Atta, however, said that the aim of the talks underway in Jeddah was only to withdraw RSF forces outside the capital and assemble them in a gathering site before merging those who met the conditions for military service and demobilizing the rest. "It is important to prosecute senior RSF commanders for crimes they have committed against the homeland and citizens. Any dialogue other than these points is a postponement of the war to another time," he stressed. The Sudanese military stressed that they would not accept any international plan that leads to another solution. He pointed out that there is no greater danger to Sudan than the presence of "these militias," accusing them of sabotaging the political and economic life and plundering the country’s resources. "The actual disaster is the presence of the Daglo family on the Sudanese map," he said, referring to the RSF Commander Mohammed Hamdan Daglo aka Hemetti. He also ruled out any possible development of this conflict into a civil war, considering that the army is a national institution representing all the tribes of Sudan and that the current conflict is with a rebel group. General Atta is perceived as one of the hard-line military leaders who reject any compromise with the RSF leader and has been calling for a long time to curb Hemetti’s political and economic ambitions in the country. Related: Rapid Support Forces: 2023-05-11 Sudan capital rocked by air strikes, looting Rapid Support Forces: 2023-05-10 Minnawi withdraws troops from Khartoum to North Darfur Rapid Support Forces: 2023-05-10 More than 15,000 people arrived at Sudan-Ethiopia border: UN Related: Hemetti: 2023-04-30 Anti-war watchdog warns against expansion of armed conflict in Sudan Hemetti: 2023-04-30 Sudan's army leader says he did not send a delegation to Juba Hemetti: 2023-04-25 Hemetti appears in Khartoum with his troops defying Burhan Posted by: Fred 2023-05-15 |
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