Sudan opposition divided over events in Egypt
July 4, 2013, (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese opposition parties gave mixed reactions to the ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi after mass protests against him that prompted the army to intervene and force him out.
He also accused the head of the Constitutional Court Adli Mansour, who was sown n today as interim president, of betraying the constitution entrusted to protect the legitimacy.
Egypt’s military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Morsi’s overthrow on Wednesday night, citing his inability to end a deepening political crisis, as dozens of armoured personnel carriers streamed onto Cairo’s streets.
The dramatic exit of Morsi was greeted with delight by millions of jubilant people on the streets of Cairo and other cities overnight.
Al-Turabi, at a press conference at the PCP headquarters in Khartoum, said that the new era in Egypt began with suppression of freedoms and arrest campaign that included Morsi and a significant number of his supporters along with closing down pro-Islamist satellite channels and newspapers.
He warned the Egyptian army against abusing its power saying “We do not want the Egyptian army to aim its weapon against its people”.
But the Islamist figure, who himself masterminded the military coup against democratically elected government of al-Sadiq al-Mahdi in 9189, urged the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt to be patient if conflict rages.
The two other major opposition parties however, expressed different views.
“We confirm our conviction that we are with the Egyptian people to choose whom he will head to him,” said the spokesperson of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Ibrahim Mirghani in a statement.
The National Umma Party (NUP) on its end described the Egyptian army move as an attempt to regulate the practice of democracy and review the mistakes and give a new opportunity to the democratic system.
The NUP spokesperson said Naguib al-Kheir Abdel-Wahab stressed also that they do not view this as a military coup.
The Sudanese government yesterday described events in Egypt as an internal matter that concerns its people, national institutions and political leadership.
Unlike most Arab leaders, the Sudanese president has yet to congratulate interim Egyptian president on his new role.
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