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Key lines from Burhan speech

Besides saying that Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was staying at his house, Burhan made several other wild assertions during a nearly hour-long speech in Khartoum, including that:

  • The military had not carried out a coup, but was instead trying to rectify the path of the transition.
  • The armed forces ousted the government to avoid civil war.
  • The armed forces gave all concessions possible to achieve Sudanese dreams.
  • Prime Minister Hamdok was being kept away for his own safety, and that he was carrying on a normal life.
  • He said that the emergency would be scrapped as soon as institutions are formed.
  • The incoming government will have no typical politicians.
  • Judicial bodies will be formed in the coming days.
  • The new legislature will include young people from the revolution.
  • The internet will return gradually.
     
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