Ex-Sudanese premier Abdallah Hamdok demands reinstatement

JUBA – Former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok has demanded his immediate reinstatement along with his government saying the decision by the military to remove him was unconstitutional.

Last week, the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), General Abdelfattah al Burhan declared a statement of emergency, dissolved the transitional coalition government, before dissolving the transitional sovereign council.

In a statement, Hamdok’s office said the former prime minister met6 a delegation comprising ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway in Khartoum at his residence where he remains under effective house arrest.

“Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok met, at his house where is being detained today, with the ambassadors of the Troika countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway) accredited to Sudan,” Hamdok’s office said in the statement.

“The Prime Minister adhered to the legitimacy of his government and the transitional institutions, considering that the release of the ministers and the practice of the Council of Ministers with its full membership for its work is an approach to resolving the crisis,” the statement added.

The Sudanese politician said he “will not be a party to any arrangements in accordance with the coup decisions issued on October 25. The situation must be restored to what it was on October 24.”

“During the meeting, the Prime Minister expressed his thanks to the Troika countries for their continued support for the people of Sudan and for their recognition of the legitimacy of the transitional government, and for describing the unconstitutional decisions issued by the army commander in the coup as a correct description,” the statement added.

According to the statement, the Troika ambassadors “informed the Prime Minister of the arrival of the US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, to Khartoum at dawn on Tuesday, 2 November, to continue efforts to defuse the crisis.”