Sudan's parallel government names Prime Minister
Nyala, Sudan (PANA) - The Presidential Council of Sudan's parallel government declared by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in areas it controls on Sunday appointed Mohamed Hassan Osman al-Taishi as Prime Minister.
A Sudanese news outlet, Sudan Tribune, said the Presidential Council held its first official meeting with all its members on Sunday in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, chaired by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemetti,” following their “constitutional” swearing-in ceremony.
It said Dagalo issued a “constitutional decree” for al-Taishi's appointment and he was sworn in before him and Chief Justice Ramadan Ibrahim Shamila.
Sudan Tribune said the meeting, attended by the Presidential Council’s Deputy Chairman, Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, discussed the requirements of the foundational phase and vital files related to citizens’ living conditions, basic services, security, stability, and the humanitarian situation.
It quoted a press statement as saying al-Hilu explained that the meeting addressed the roadmap for the presidential work and the strategic plans to complete the governance structures and confront the current political and economic challenges.
The meeting came a day after Dagalo was sworn in as Chairman of the Presidential Council on Saturday.
Reports say the Tasis alliance, the political umbrella for the new authority, has agreed to a transitional constitution that provides for a secular state, the right to self-determination and decentralised government.
The groups allied under the Tasis umbrella control most of the Darfur region and large parts of South and West Kordofan, as well as smaller pockets of territory in North Kordofan and Blue Nile.
Despite the rejection and condemnation by the international community of the declaration by RSF of a rival administration in parts of the East African country it controls, it went ahead to install a parallel government.
The step worsens the volatile situation in the country where two years of a bitter war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions, created one of the world's biggest humanitarian crises and destroyed the country's infrastructure.
The UN Security Council in rejecting the RSF's declaration in July of a rival administration warned that it threatened the country’s unity and risked worsening the brutal conflict between the militia and forces of the military government.
It also warned that the step posed “a direct threat to Sudan’s territorial integrity” and could fragment the country, fuel the fighting, and deepen an already dire humanitarian crisis.
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