The two sides agreed on forming a joint military-civilian last week, but have failed to hammer out the details on the makeup of the body.
"The military should be confined only to a body tasked with matters related to security and defence."
Despite the toppling of the iron-fisted leader protesters have stayed put around the army headquarters in Khartoum to keep up pressure on the military.While there are deep divisions over the way forward, the economic problems that brought people out onto the streets against Bashir remain pressing. "For more than a week now, there's been no cash even in the ATMs installed in our company premises," an employee of a leading industrial corporation in the capital told AFP.
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