Sudan’s NCP still hopeful that Umma party will join new government
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September 25, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party
(NCP) in Sudan denied receiving formal notification from the
opposition National Umma Party (NUP) that it will not join the
upcoming government.
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Qutbi Al-Mahdi the secretary for organizations at the National
Congress Party (NCP) - (Al-Jazeera TV)
Sudan is awaiting the formation of the first cabinet following the
independence of South Sudan which took place last July. The NCP which
dominates the government has been engaged in intensive talks with
major opposition parties including the NUP to convince them join the
new formation.
But the NUP leader and former Prime Minister al-Sadiq al-Mahdi on
Friday made it clear that his party rejects the NCP’s offer.
However, a senior official in the NCP said they have nothing official
on the NUP’s position.
“We have not received a formal notification with a clear position of
the Umma Party refusing to participate and we are still waiting for
the response of the National Umma Party and other forces" the NCP’s
political secretary Qutbi al-Mahdi said.
The NCP official said that dialogue with the NUP will continue their
efforts to reach understandings on issues they are discussing through
their joint committees.
Al-Mahdi warned that talks need to agree on “national principles” in
order to prevent a return to the cycle of coalition governments that
preceded the regime of president Omer Hassan al-Bashir 1989.
He further said that the NCP-NUP talks did not reach the stage of
determining what ministerial portfolios to be allocated. He also
accused the opposition party of being hesitant and urged the NUP to
come up with a clear stance.
The NCP won a landslide victory in April 2010 general elections which
has been marred by opposition boycott and logistical failures.
Nonetheless the international community and election observers have
endorsed its results.
Analysts say that the NCP wants to bolster its legitimacy amid growing
challenges facing the country such as a dire economic situation and
flaring military conflicts in Blue Nile and South Kordofan states.
(ST)
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