Betting on chaos: Sudan’s Brotherhood is trying to split the army and Rapid Support Forces

Mahmoud Mohammadi

Since the failure of attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood to disrupt the process of political reconciliation in Sudan, the Brotherhood and its international alliance are now trying to disrupt the political settlement between the Sudanese components, who want to remove the group from the political scene, especially with the growing popular hatred of the political Islamist movement there.

The military junta and the Forces of Freedom and Change have signed a political agreement that paves the way for the formation of the transitional authority structures in the country. Since the signing of that agreement, the Islamist political movement led by ousted President Omar al-Bashir has been trying to ignite a war so that its figures can escape accountability for the crimes they committed over the past 30 years.

Brotherhood’s lies

On Sunday, July 21, the group claimed that there were wrangles and verbal clashes between the vice president of the Transitional Council, Muhammad Hamdan Hamidati, and the commander of the Army Armored Corps, Major General Nasr Al-Din Abdel Fattah, as well as allegations of clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces. The group called for a demonstration of millions to get rapid support from Khartoum, but these attempts were squashed by the Forces of Freedom and Change, which had issued a statement denouncing these calls and demanding the Sudanese people not to pay attention to them.

Meanwhile, Major General Nasr al-Din Abdel Fattah revealed the Brotherhood elements’ lies and fabrications, stressing that what is being promoted by some of the enemies of the homeland and those who want to ignite strife between the military institutions is considered sedition, which is worse than killing.

Abdel Fattah added, “We assure all the Sudanese people that all the regular bodies are now in the strongest stages in terms of cohesion and leadership and management of this stage, which is nearing completion.”

“Some parties are betting on chaos and do not believe in democracy and consider the transitional period as an opportunity to build political glory with extreme positions to block the road to the conclusion of an agreement that reflects a smooth transition in the country,” National Union Party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi said on Monday.

Mahdi added that there are external forces do not want the well-being of Sudan, pointing out that Sudan is facing a domestic challenge by some counter-revolution forces.

He pointed out that some forces seek to hijack the revolution by tempting “officers” to carry out a coup against the government, as well as its movements to create chaos and block an agreement on the formation of a civil authority committed to peace and democracy.

Qatari-Turkish role

Saudi political analyst Fahd Dibaji said that the Brotherhood is seeking to ignite the situation in Sudan in order to achieve two goals. The first is the escape of its elements and figures from trials. The second is the desire of the Brotherhood to disrupt the political settlement, especially after it became a pariah of the Sudanese people.

The Brotherhood will fail to create a state of hostility between the people and the army in Sudan, Dibaji asserted, adding that all their efforts to sow strife would not pose a threat to the military council or the Forces of Freedom and Change, because the Sudanese people and all the political forces have become aware of the danger posed by the Brotherhood.

He pointed out that it is urgently necessary to form a government in the coming period to manage the country, and to prevent the Brotherhood’s plans aimed primarily at disrupting any political reconciliation that would lead to the achievement of democracy, justice and equality, in light of Qatari and Turkish efforts to further chaos.

Meanwhile, Lebanese political analyst Nidal al-Saba said that the Muslim Brotherhood’s movements in Sudan aiming at disrupting the settlement between the political components is a response to a comprehensive Brotherhood coup being attempted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Arab region.

Saba added that Erdogan launched the second wave of the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as an attempt to export the Arab Spring again.

Erdogan and his brother-in-law are trying to re-launch a new spark against regimes in the Arab world, Saba said, stressing that Sudan is not the only target, but also Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Syria.