REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS
Sudanese authorities have imposed strict security measures in preparation for protests planned under different banners in commemorating October 21st, popular revolution
Khartoum State Security Committee adapted tight security plan, and tightened coordination between all security and regular agencies to deal decisively with any violence including closing the bridges which link the three cities of greater Khartoum.
Our message in this regard is that we should benefit from the experiences of similar uprisings to avoid repeating the scenario of April 1985 uprising which led to a model democratic regime, but people at that time wanted a swift change which could not be done in a short time, so they continued complaining from the daily hardships without considering that the repairing the damage occurred by May regime will take years. This impatience of the people at that time resulted to military coup against Al-Mahdi’s democratic government.
Now the same scenario is taking place and people are taking to streets to press on the government to resolve all the problems.
We remind the Sudanese that this is a transitional government which is supposed to arrange for civilian government after a fair and free elections, and that it is impossible for it to resolve the 30-years accumulated problems of Al Bashir’s regime.
When the Ethiopians managed to remove Mengistu’s regime they suffered for years in their daily living; but despite that none of the citizens called for coup against the government of the revolution.
They practiced patience till they managed to build their nation out of Mengistu’s regime ruin.
The result of their patience is that Ethiopia’s GDP is one of highest worldwide with an annual growth of more than 10%.
We always argue that there is an essential difference between changing the government and changing the regime.
On the other hand, changing the regime means a military coup against the transitional government which means a setback to corruption, economical failure, ghost houses, etc.
If we assume that Hamdok government failed, then where is the problem? The government could be reshuffled to be replaced by more qualified officials to work out an emergency plan to deal with the outstanding issues, but we must stick to the constitution and the rule of law to protect the democratic transformation
We urge the people to practice patience and to consider that the revolution came to lay the foundation of freedom, peace and justice
We remind all that insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.
