Sudan ruling party accuses opposition of exporting violence to universities
May 1, 2016 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) Sunday accused the armed and political opposition groups of bringing violence from the peripheral conflict areas to the Sudanese universities, particularly in Khartoum.
The Sudanese capital witnessed recently a wave of student protests where two students were killed in Omdurman and El Obied. The bloody incidents came after calls by the opposition groups to overthrow the regime through peaceful means.
In a meeting headed by the Presidential Assistant and Deputy NCP Chairman Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid on Sunday, the political sector of the ruling party condemned what is called attempts by the armed groups to export violence to universities campuses.
“The Political Sector expressed its indignation over the use by the (opposition) Sudan Call of political tactics including attempts to export war to the universities campuses and to involve students in it,” said the NCP spokesperson, Yasir Youssef on Sunday.
“We condemn violence, whether in the Two Areas or attempts to export it to the universities,” Youssef further said.
He said the extraordinary meeting discussed the political and security situations in the universities, adding that it returned to normal in the capital and the other states.
Also, he called on the armed groups to sign the Roadmap Agreement, adding it is the “Only way out to stop the war and to promote peace in the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile”.
Pointing to a recent meeting held in Paris, he said “opposition rushing to Europe and holding a meeting in Paris or elsewhere will not lead to a solution” adding it is inside the country and in the Two Areas.
The opposition Sudan Call forces held a meeting in Paris from 18 to 21 April where it reiterated its rejection of the Roadmap Agreement and called on the African Union to review its plan for peace in Sudan, in a way to dissociate the ongoing dialogue conference inside the country from the national dialogue process proposed by the African Union in its initial plan of the decision 539.
Sadiq al-Mahdi, leader of the opposition National Umma Party, told Sudan Tribune last Thursday they plan to meet the African Union mediators to discuss the roadmap to demand the inclusion of more opposition groups in the process and to take into account the need to release political freedoms.
(ST)