Khartoum 

The audio speech of the Commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), was decisive this time by pledging to pursue the army commander, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, wherever he goes, urging the army forces to abandon Al-Burhan and follow the people’s choice.

This comes as a response from Hemedti to Al-Burhan’s outings to Egypt and South Sudan and his confirmation that the balance of power is in his favor, and that what his opponent is doing is nothing but a show that has no impact on the ground.

Hemedti’s new audio speech was characterized by calm and clarity, which shows that its aim is to establish an argument against Al-Burhan and confirm that the Rapid Support Commander did everything in his power to prevent the war, and that he met his opponent more than once and presented him with clear visions, but Al-Burhan was the one who started the war, and he was the one who took the initiative. By attacking the Rapid Support Units, he must bear the consequences.

In his speech, Daglo presented part of the conversations that took place between him and Al-Burhan before the outbreak of the conflict, stressing that it was the army commander who started the war, not the Rapid Support Forces. He addressed him by saying, “Oh Burhan, fear God, my brother. You struck us with foreign aircraft,” without specifying which country he meant.

The Rapid Support Commander accused his opponent of seeking to restore the former regime to power and committing war crimes, pinning the blame on the Rapid Support Forces.

Observers believe that the speech aimed to establish a comparison between the situation of the Rapid Support Commander and his forces after field successes and control of the land, and the army commander who lost his influence in Khartoum and went to Port Sudan, from where he must move to Cairo and Juba, in a suggestion contradictory to the field gains.

It is clear that Hemedti’s goal behind the audio speech is to confirm to the external parties that received the proof that the army commander is in a weak position and that it is not possible in any way to bet on him to reach understandings that he cannot implement on the ground, and that there is no point in understandings that do not reflect reality or express Balances of power.

He refuted the fallacies that Al-Burhan tried to promote in previous statements in which he said that the number of the Rapid Support Forces had declined, while Daglo confirmed that their number had increased by about a third with many forces joining them, including a movement that sided with tribal support, stressing his continued fighting “until the last soldier.” Rapid Support Forces,” stressing that his forces control the three cities of the capital. He also called on the army forces to withdraw from the fighting.

General Al-Burhan left the General Command headquarters in Khartoum after more than four months spent under siege by the Rapid Support Forces and went to Port Sudan to exercise the powers of the President of the Sovereignty Council in receiving some officials there, and he has a larger area of ​​movement in the eastern Sudan region and from there abroad.

Observers point out that the actions of the army commander after his departure from Khartoum, where the Rapid Support Forces have remarkable influence, appear to be of a theatrical or showy nature, the purpose of which is to stop the doubts that have increased about his ability to control matters within the military institution in light of information that was reported about the dominance of Islamic leaders over the joints of decision-making. In the army.

In a second direction, Hemedti sought to be frank with members of the armed forces about the situation to which Al-Burhan had led them, indicating that his battle was with Al-Burhan and the remnants of the isolated regime.

He urged non-commissioned officers and soldiers to “join the people’s choice.” He told them, “Insert yourselves,” and “your rights will be guaranteed,” stressing that he is not against the army and that the armed forces represent the Sudanese state, not Al-Burhan.

Hemedti reassured members of the armed forces who wanted to join his forces that “all those who surrendered have their conditions settled,” warning at the same time that “whoever is arrested will be brought to justice.”

The rhetoric of enticement and intimidation would push members of the armed forces who are still fighting alongside Burhan to withdraw and side with the Rapid Support Forces, especially since various indicators indicate that they have now had the final say on the ground in the largest Sudanese cities, including Khartoum.

The Rapid Support Forces tightened the noose on the Sudanese army and besieged it in its most important sites in the capital, Khartoum, the last of which is the headquarters of the Armored Corps.

Military experts say that the arrival of the support forces to this site shows that they are in a position of strength on the one hand, and that the field progress they are promoting has become real. On the other hand, the army’s loss of this position will mean the end of the slogans it has been waving, through which it suggests that it is in a position of strength, and that it is pursuing the remnants of the support forces.

The balance of the war turned in favor of the Rapid Support Forces with their success in gaining the trust of most of the tribes and their affiliated armed movements. On the other hand, the army lost the trust of the tribes because of its alliances with supporters of the former regime and leaders of the Islamic movement who escaped from prisons.

The Sudanese army lost many allies, especially from the armed movements and tribes, which paves the way for effective control by the Rapid Support Forces.