Sudan’s NCP downplays opposition threat of overthrowing government
July 31, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan dismissed threats made by opposition parties that it will pursue regime change given what it sees as the illegitimacy of the current government.
The chairman of the National Consensus Forces, an alliance of 11 opposition parties, Farouk Abu Essa, told reporters after a meeting of opposition leadership that they agreed on the illegality of the government and the need to work on a comprehensive change through peaceful political means.
Essa added that the next stage “will witness the mass mobilization for the objectives that we agreed on”.
Sudanese opposition assert that following the separation of the South on July 9th, the government in the North has lost its constitutional legitimacy which was triggered by wide scale changes that impact the drivers which brought the National Congress Party (NCP) dominated government to power.
But the NCP media officer Ibrahim Ghandour said that law is clear on dealing with armed movements that seek to topple the government. He expressed skepticism over remarks made by the Popular Congress Party (PCP) leader Hassan Al-Turabi in which he hinted at coordination with Darfur rebel groups.
Ghandour said that Turabi’s background as lawyer makes him an unlikely candidate to take that route. He called on opposition parties to seek democratic means to reach power stressing that the NCP received its mandate through elections which took place last year.
The NCP official hailed the head of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Mohamed Osman al-Mirghani describing him as a “patriotic” man. He said statements attributed to al-Mirghani in which he said that he does not intend to participate in the upcoming government will be taken seriously only if conveyed formally to the NCP.
The ruling party headed by President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir is holding talks with opposition parties namely the DUP and the National Umma Party (NUP) to convince them to join the new cabinet. But the progress of the talks remain unclear.
In a related issue, Bashir has urged all parties and all components of Sudanese society to also submit their views on how the new constitution should be crafted.
The NCP has made it clear that post-secession Sudan will be governed by Islamic law and that Arabic language will be the state’s official language.
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kuac Agol
Sudan’s NCP downplays opposition threat of overthrowing government
Dear All.
NCP used Peter Gadet , his father in law and many others to overthrow the government and failed to do so.
Now they are downplaying and other politice threat to overthrow the government which is going to be weak and fail attempt also, when do they belief that it will not work out for them to rule over south sudan again.