Sudanese people realise defending homeland more urgent than food & drink: NCP
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June 4, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP)
today argued that Sudanese people would ignore calls by opposition
parties to topple the government on the grounds of difficult living
conditions.
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FILE - A man selling eggs waits for customers at the market in
Khartoum, Sudan (REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)
The head of the NCP’s organisational communication, Hamid Sideeg, said
that Sudanese people are sharing with the government the sense that
the country is being targeted and priority should be given to its
security and protection.
Sideeg however, acknowledged peoples’ right to demand improvement in
their living conditions needs but said that priority is now given to
securing and protecting the country against foreign intervention.
The NCP official responded to questions regarding the deterioration in
basic services such as the severe water problem in Gedaref and Port
Sudan states by saying that Sudanese people will not be "weakened" by
lack of necessary services despite their vital importance.
On Monday, the political secretary of the opposition Popular Congress
Party (PCP), Kamal Omer, declared that opposition forces are united
around the goal of toppling the regime led by president Omer Hassan
Al-Bashir and said that the opposition is setting up coordination
committees among grass-roots to bring about an unprecedented
breakthrough.
Omer said that popularity of the NCP has dropped significantly and
claimed that its recent political rallies saw a low turnout due to
growing poverty.
The opposition official disclosed that efforts are under-way to
mobilize grass-roots to set the stage for an uprising noting that
street protests are the only way to stop the war and bring about
change.
Sudan’s economy has been grappling with soaring inflation and a
depreciating currency since the country lost three quarters of its oil
production with the secession of South Sudan in July 2011.
Inflation jumped to 46% percent in April, and commodity prices have
risen by 300% since 2010 mainly food prices, as the Sudanese pound
continues to reach new lows on the black market for hard currency.
Last year, the government launched a package of tough austerity
measures, including scaling back fuel subsidies to close a fiscal gap,
sparking short-lived protests.
(ST)
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