Support Saudi Arabia and the UAE to the Sudan Army .. Questions need answers

Ahmed Fadl-Khartoum

The protestors in Sudan met the Saudi-Saudi support for the Transitional Military Council with a clear banner that is not free from accusations that the heads of the council, which currently runs the country, are part of the game of axes.

Reports indicate that the head of the military junta, General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, has coordinated the dispatch of Sudanese soldiers to Yemen as part of a Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis since March 2015.

Most of the ground forces in the war in Yemen are also followed by Vice-President of the Council, General Mohammad Hamdan Hamidati, commander of the rapid support forces.

Hamidati has taken positions that observers have seen as supportive of protests since February when he said his forces had nothing to do with the crackdowns.

The man appeared after the sit-in April 9, urging his troops not to remove the protesters. His forces then appeared near the army command to take more supportive positions, refusing to take part in the first military council and accepting the entry of the current council.

Gulf support
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were the first countries to adopt supportive positions for Sudan under the new military junta.

"As a contribution from the Kingdom to alleviate the suffering of the brotherly Sudanese people, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques issued directives to provide a package of humanitarian aid, including petroleum products, wheat and medicines," the statement said.

On Sunday, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry expressed gratitude to the countries that have extended their aid to the Sudan to face the current economic crisis and to look forward to effective economic cooperation from the international community, which will enable Sudan to utilize its natural and economic resources to enable it to be one of the pillars of food security regionally and internationally. , And a contributor to economic and social development on the African continent.

This requires the implementation of the international commitment to the Sudan as a post-conflict state by exempting its debts and removing obstacles to receiving aid and funding from international institutions, the statement said.

Sudan is suffering from economic difficulties that have led to the scarcity of money, fuel and transportation, as well as the scarcity and cost of bread that ignited the revolution on 19 December.

For more than 100 days, these crises have been without solutions from the government of former President Omar al-Bashir.

Concerns and fears
But activists and advocates of the protests do not hide their fears of Saudi and Emirati support and see that it keeps Sudan within the game of the Gulf axis.

"The (Arab) and international intervention in the affairs of Sudan has started and we will not leave the conspirators to complete their agendas and projects against the stability of Sudan," said Khalid al-Aisar, a London-based Sudanese journalist.

"Revolution is a revolution of a people that will not accept interference and impose agendas according to the theory of polarization and interest.

Walid is well known for his Facebook account, "Saudi support before vision is a foreboding ...".

"The problem is that the antagonism of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Zayed and (Saudi Crown Prince) Mohammed bin Salman means locking the dollar, which will lead to more economic crises and not to address," said Haj Othman, a former government supporter of Facebook. The current situation, bearing in mind that the slogan "Fall Down" will lead the country to security collapse.

in the field
The external dimension of the Riyadh and Abu Dhabi commitments does not seem to be present in the sit-in for protesters to carry out a "revolution" that the deep state is still trying to thwart, said Khalid Fathi, a member of the network's secretariat.

According to the spokesman for the Declaration of the Forces of Freedom and Change Shehab Ibrahim that the support of Saudi Arabia is understood within the framework of the two countries' alliances with the former regime and their interests related to the presence of Sudanese forces in Yemen.

"Riyadh and Abu Dhabi want to win the favor of the new regime or rulers," Ibrahim told Al Jazeera.net.

He warns that Saudi Arabia and the UAE plan to enable the military council to lead the proof by providing economic support to resolve the crises of the country and thus gain the confidence of the Sudanese, an attempt to reproduce the regime in another way.

Troika support
The spokesman for the coalition, which includes the gathering of professionals, said that the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change are now working hard to block the continuation of the military council through the formation of a transitional council with the majority of civilians.

On the incentives of the Troika, "the United States, Britain and Norway" to Sudan in the event of a peaceful transition of power, Shihab Ibrahim said that there is an opportunity to normalize relations with the international community, if the democratic alternative to the former regime.

The Troika states in a statement last week that if the Sudanese authorities take steps towards the peaceful transfer of power, they will support this political process in time to help resolve some of the long-term economic challenges facing Sudan.