Sudanese opposition bloc denies reports of disunity

<p>By Bahram Abdel Monem</p> <p>KHARTOUM (AA) – The Sudan Appeal, a coalition of opposition parties, has denied reports in the local media that its membership in the Freedom and Change Alliance, an umbrella of Sudanese opposition forces, was suspended.</p> <p>“These reports are incorrect,” Sudan Appeal leader Omar al-Daqir said in a Thursday statement.</p> <p>The Sudan Appeal, he insisted, was “still working with its [alliance] partners to realize the demands of the December revolution” that led to last month’s ouster of President Omar al-Bashir after three decades in power.</p> <p>“Unity is key to the revolution’s success,” al-Daqir said.</p> <p>Sudan has remained in political turmoil since the army announced al-Bashir’s ouster on April 11 following months of popular protest against his continued rule.</p> <p>A Military Transitional Council (MTC) is now overseeing a two-year post-Bashir “transitional period” during which it has pledged to hold free presidential elections.</p> <p>Thousands of demonstrators, however, have remained in the streets of capital Khartoum to demand that the MTC hand over power — at the earliest possible date — to a civilian authority.</p>