3 years after the autocrat’s removal, members of his government are again in prominent positions. Sara Abdelgalil, Sudanese Professionals Assoc, the first-ever woman to hold the role, got a call telling her al-Bashir was no longer president: It should have been a moment of great catharsis. The man whose intelligence and security services tortured and killed friends and colleagues was gone. But Abdelgalil was not happy. Sudan’s journey to democracy had been interrupted, a train diverted en route to its final destination. The revolution desired the ousting not just of Bashir, but the whole system NCP presided over: Justice has never been achieved. There has been no reform to the judiciary…the security sector. The regime blocked any effort to dismantle its gold-mining interests, trade interests. The coup is a subtle return of NCP. We are a toy in the hands of others: Egypt, UAE, EU, UK, US, Russia. But in the end democracy will come to Sudan. It will happen. It could take years and the price, unfortunately, will be very high. I am a doctor and I see kids being killed. But there is a high level of awareness among youth as to what they want. The revolution is in every house – ordinary people asking for social justice, security, rights, but these things interfere with the interests of NCP. MEE
