KHARTOUM: A top opposition leader called on Saturday for Sudan to join the International Criminal Court which has indicted its ousted president Omar al-Bashir, as a panel of protesters and the military met to discuss civilian rule.
He said the military council vowed at the talks that a protest camp outside army headquarters"will not be dispersed by force".AdvertisementThousands of demonstrators reached the sprawling military headquarters in central Khartoum on Apr 6, demanding that the army support those opposing against Bashir.
Mahdi, who said his party would not join a civilian transitional government, told reporters"it is possible to agree on a civilian authority with the military council because they did not plan a coup". The United Nations says about 300,000 people have died in the conflict, with another 2.5 million displaced, many of them still living in miserable camps across the western region of the country.'REGIME STILL PRESENT'
Western governments have expressed support, but Sudan's key Gulf Arab lenders have backed the military council, while African states have called for more time for the army to hand over to civilians.