Sudan’s military leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan issued on Sunday another warning to politicians not to interfere in the affairs of the armed forces.
“Anyone who interferes in the affairs of the armed forces will be considered our enemy. We will cut off his tongue and hand,” Al-Burhan warned.
The top general repeated the strong warnings he addressed last week to the Islamists, but this time, referred to their link with the armed forces.
“We warned the Islamists because they are trying to infiltrate the army. We tell them: Go away, you will not be able to rule through the army,” he said.
Addressing high-ranking officers during his visit to Al-Markhayat Operational Base in Omdurman, General Al-Burhan underscored that he will not allow any party to infiltrate the military.
“The army will remain a unified, independent national institution whose concern is the homeland and the preservation of its security and people,” he said.
“We will not allow any of them to exploit the armed forces to gain power, whether those parties are Islamists, communists, Baathists or others,” he added.
The military leader admitted the presence of understandings with the opposition Freedom and Change forces, for the benefit of Sudan, stressing that there is no bilateral settlement with any party.
Al-Burhan added that the army received the draft transitional constitution proposed by the country’s Bar Association and made some observations on it.
Al-Burhan said the army does not want unilateral solutions but a civil rule guarded by the armed forces.
Al-Burhan, Chairman of the ruling Sovereign Council, led a coup a year ago that derailed the country’s transition to general elections following the ouster of Omar al-Bashir.