Sudanese ex-rebels reject participation of former ruling NCP in transitional government
April 24, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) reiterated its position of rejecting the return of the disbanded National Congress Party (NCP) to the political arena during the transitional period.
The SRF chief al-Hadi Idriss who is also a member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) made these remarks during a Ramadan Iftar party he held at his residence.
Idriss also briefed attendees on the SRF initiative to end the current political deadlock. He stressed the need to involve all political forces in the second phase of the dialogue with the exception of the former ruling NCP.
“We reject the return of the dissolved NCP to the political scene through any initiative during the transitional period,” he said.
This position came at the heels of an accord drafted for the transitional period that was signed by political forces that participated in the NCP governments until the fall of President Omer Hassan al-Bashir’s regime in April 2019.
The establishment of the “Broad Islamic Current” coalition was announced which included the Islamic Movement, one of the NCP fronts and was represented by Amin Hassan Omar, one of the NCP prominent leaders and an adviser to Bashir.
Idriss underscored the need to separate the NCP and the Sudanese Islamists who have the right to be part of the scene without hailing from the NCP legacy.
He criticized the verbal attacks launched by the leaders of the NCP and the Islamic movement on the December 2018 revolution that led to the demise of the Bashir regime.
Idriss also denounced the “provocative” manner in which the NCP leaders spoke following their recent release from jail after being acquitted of charges related to conspiracy against the state.
He wondered how NCP figures have the audacity to criticize others given that they have failed in their 30 years of governing to run the country and committed massacres and whose policies led to the separation of the south.
On Saturday, the National Congress Party announced its support for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its decision to contribute to stopping the economic deterioration in the country.
In a statement, it urged strengthening the cohesion of all military institutions and not dragging them into side battles that drain its capabilities and those of the nation warning that the NCP “will stand firmly in order to stop all forms of conspiracies and targeting of the armed forces and other regular forces”.
Last October the Sudanese military led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan staged a coup and ended the civilian-military governing coalition calling it a necessary step to correct the course of the country.
(ST)