political forces

Sudanese political forces rejected the nomination of President Omer al-Bashir for a new term and said this step will undermine the ongoing efforts to end the political crisis in the country.

Last weekend the Shura (Consultative) Council of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) nominated al-Bashir as the party’s candidate for the presidential elections in 2020. The decision requires to amend the Sudanese constitution which limits a president to two terms but also the party statute.

The Reform Now Movement led by Ghazi Salah al-Din rejected the NCP’s decision to proceed with the constitutional amendment process, allowing the incumbent president to run for a new term.

In a statement released following a meeting of its political bureau on Monday, the RNM described the decision as “serious” adding it would lead to the collapse of the whole political process in the country.

The Movement declared its rejection of the step and expressed its determination to work with other political forces to abort it with all the “tools of political action”.

The statement also said that the decision puts the constitutional process in the grip of one political organization, and underestimates the the partnership on which the national dialogue was built.

the RNM which is formed by splinter NCP faction several years ago

It is noteworthy that the movement (reform now) joined the initiative of national dialogue in its finality after most of the boycotted stages, and the appointment of representatives of the movement in parliament within the framework of the government of reconciliation produced by the initiative of national dialogue.