KHARTOUM, Sept 22, 2021 (BSS/AFP) - Sudanese paramilitary leader and vice-
president of the ruling sovereign council Mohamed Hamdan Daglo pointed a 
finger of blame Wednesday at politicians after a failed coup attempt, state 
media reported.

   "Politicians are the main cause behind coups because they have neglected 
the average citizen... and are more concerned fighting over how they can stay 
in power," Daglo said, quoted by the official news agency SUNA.

   "This has created disenchantment among citizens," the feared paramilitary 
chief added in an address to troops at a military camp west of Khartoum.

   Sudan's fragile transitional government said it foiled an attempted coup 
Tuesday involving military officers and civilians linked to the ousted regime 
of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

   Information Minister Hamza Baloul squarely blamed "supporters of the 
defunct regime".

   The military said "most" of those involved had been apprehended, including 
11 army officers.

   Daglo, head of the Rapid Support Forces which has been accused of 
atrocities in the western region of Darfur, insisted his forces had foiled 
several coup attempts since the ouster of Bashir.

   Under an August 2019 power-sharing deal, Sudan is ruled by a sovereign 
council of civilian and military representatives tasked with overseeing a 
transition to full civilian rule.

   Bashir, a one-time general, came to power on the back of an Islamist-
backed military coup in 1989.

   Since his ouster, the toppled autocrat has been jailed in Khartoum 
awaiting trial.

   He is also wanted by the International Criminal Court for his pursuit of a 
deadly scorched-earth campaign against ethnic minority rebels in Darfur.