Adel Khalafallah, spokesman for the Arab Socialist Baath Party, accused Sudan junta leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of delivering inconsistent messages over peace negotiations, calling the contradictions a defining feature of his leadership.
He said Burhan’s shifting tone, evident since his emergence as SAF commander and later head of the so-called Sovereignty Council, reflects deeper uncertainty within Sudan’s ruling circles.
Khalafallah argued that Burhan’s positions depend heavily on time and place, describing his rhetoric as “wanting something and rejecting it at once,” a stance he likened to “wanting to eat the cake and keep it.”
Khalafallah blamed the junta leadership’s involvement in the war, stirred by remnants of the former regime, for fuelling Burhan’s inconsistency and sustaining an unprincipled grip on power.
He pointed to recent contradictions between Burhan’s remarks and a statement from the SAF’s Political Committee, led by Lieutenant General Shams al-Din Kabashi, which declared conditional openness to Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue.
The Baath spokesman said Burhan’s latest comments, delivered at a social gathering, hinted at manoeuvring ahead of renewed international efforts led by the expanded Quartet to end the conflict.
Khalafallah said these remarks signal Burhan’s attempt to adapt to changing winds while preserving influence amid a “futile and destructive war” that continues to engulf the nation.
He accused Burhan of relying on regime remnants, militias, and a rising class of “parasitic capitalism,” whose wartime profits obstruct peace efforts.
Khalafallah concluded that ending the war now requires Burhan to reverse course — a task he may approach not out of conviction, but out of necessity, saying, “Your brother is forced, not a hero.”
