Mohamed al-Faki Suleiman, former Sovereignty Council member and senior figure in the Civil Democratic Alliance of Revolutionary Forces (Sumoud), urged an immediate freeze on plans to install Port Sudan junta authority controlled by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his army (SAF).
Instead, he said, Sudan must launch an inclusive, nationwide political process.
Al-Faki blamed the Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Islamic Movement for orchestrating the 25 October 2021 coup, “weaponising the SAF’s appetite for power and the labyrinthine security structures inherited from dictatorship,” while disregarding popular demands for civilian rule.
That coup, he argued, tipped Sudan from “coup to full-scale war,” wrecking the economy and shredding the social fabric.
The Sumoud leader added that the current pro-war coalition is “scrambling for power and resources under false slogans,” making this “the ripest moment” to negotiate a comprehensive ceasefire and political settlement that would reunify Sudan.
Any settlement, he insisted, must first silence the guns and then guarantee ordinary citizens a genuine voice.
Al-Faki dismissed the proposed administration headed by Kamil Idris as a mere façade for entrenched military interests.
In sharp contrast to the Port Sudan junta—widely viewed as General al-Burhan’s latest vehicle for top-down rule—TASIS presents itself as a bottom-up alternative, one that trades opaque military fiat for a broad, regionally balanced coalition with clear civilian oversight.
TASIS guarantees civilian rule
Formed in February 2025 at Nairobi’s Kenyatta International Convention Centre, the Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS) positions itself as the broadest, most inclusive political-military coalition Sudan has seen since independence. It unites the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction of Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, civil-society networks, resistance committees, and women’s and youth blocs under a single charter that pledges “unity, justice and decentralised civilian governance.”
Signatories commit to dismantling the old Khartoum-centric power architecture, replacing it with a federal system that guarantees equal representation for every region—from Darfur and the Nuba Mountains to the East and the Blue Nile. The alliance’s founding document also binds armed factions to an immediate cessation of hostilities wherever negotiations take hold, signalling a readiness to trade the gun for the ballot.
Proponents argue TASIS offers Sudan a genuine exit ramp from perpetual coup cycles because it couples military leverage—vital for enforcing ceasefires—with a civilian-led policy council tasked to draft a transitional constitution and prepare national elections within 30 months.
Unlike the Port Sudan junta, which critics see as recycling the same elite faces, TASIS elevates grassroots voices through its 31-member leadership council, mandating quotas for women, youth and marginalised ethnic groups. Its economic plank prioritises independent revenue control for states, transparent management of mineral wealth, and a truth-and-reconciliation commission to address war crimes across all parties.
To supporters, this fusion of armed deterrence and civilian vision is precisely what Sudan needs to halt the war, rebuild institutions and finally deliver the democratic dividend promised in the 2019 revolution.
