Western countries reconsidering their support to Sudanese rebels, Nafie
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June 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Presidential assistant and deputy leader of
the ruling party in Sudan said that Western countries are
reconsidering their support to the rebel groups and reaffirmed that
Islamist group of Sa’ihoon are backing Bashir’s regime.
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After the independence of South Sudan, the regime of president Omer
Al-Bashir faced a series of protests by youth groups and even the
former mujahedin al-Sa’ihoon, or ‘God-seeking wanderers’ who fought
the SPLM rebels in South Sudan, demanded to reform the regime.
The SPLM- North and Darfur rebel groups also formed an alliance,
Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), aiming to topple the regime. The
insurgents attempted to expand the field of their military action in
Kordofan region but they were forced to pull back their fighters after
causing displacement of over 60,000 civilians.
Nafie Ali Nafie who arrived to Beijing after visiting Changzhou in
southern China since Monday, met on Thursday with the Senior Communist
Party of China (CPC) leader Liu Yunshan, and also addressed a
gathering of the Sudanese in the Chinese capital organised by the
embassy.
In his speech before the Sudanese community, Nafie forced himself to
dissipate reports about the weakness of the regime after 24 year of
rule, frictions inside the Islamist movement and the party,
continuation of the rebellion in Darfur, and since 2011 a new
insurgency in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.
Nafie told the crowd, that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Mujahidin
are ready to wage a decisive and ultimate battle to get rid of rebels
and "amputate this corrupt member from the body of the Sudan". He was
referring to a statement SRF rebels issued after the capture of Abu
Kershola by the army last May saying they are preparing another
biggest attack.
He further went to say that the Western countries that support the
rebels despair of the rebels’ political ability and started to say
"they could not bring down the regime by carrying attacks on villages
and remote areas".
"If you have a trick just go to Khartoum and do it", the rebels had
been told by Western diplomats, according to Nafie.
Speaking about countries supporting the rebels, he added, "they now
realize that by supporting the rebel they only increase human
suffering, and increase their isolation".
During his meeting with Nafie, Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing
Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee,
reassured the visiting Sudanese official and reiterated China
willingness to develop and promote bilateral relations.
He also said that Chinese Communist Party wants to enhance its
relations with the National Congress Party and expanding areas of
cooperation.
Speaking about his meetings with the Chinese officials, Nafie said the
talks achieved positive results, adding they agreed to develop
relations in line with a strategic vision aiming to free Sudan from
Western domination.
Nafie also praised the Sa’ihoon group and their calls for reform,
stressing that they rejected attempts to manipulate them and bring
them to confront the regime.
The deputy NCP leader was referring to a memorandum circulated last
year by the group calling to combat corruption and to reunite the
Islamist movement and reach a compromise with Turabi’s Popular
Congress Party (PCP).
Also last November 2012, the security service had arrested a number of
Islamist military accused of plotting to overthrow the regime jointly
with the former head of Sudanese intelligence and security services,
Salah Gosh.
Nafie told the members of the Sudanese community in China that some
political forces, alluding to the PCP, had a wrong idea about
Sa’ihoon’s initiative for reform and the implementation of Islamic law
after the secession of South Sudan.
He added that when they felt they cannot stop their members from
joining the demarche, they pushed them to deviate the initiative
saying "the NCP cannot be reformed from within and there must be a
third option", a new political body as they are also failed to
convince them to join the PCP ranks.
He further said that some NCP members "who believed that they have a
vision for reform not available to others" attempted to kidnap the
initiative to achieve their own political agenda.
Nafie was alluding to the former presidential adviser and former head
of the NCP parliamentary block at the National Assembly, Ghazi Salah
Eddin who holds discussions circles with the Sai’hoon and was accused
of being close to Gosh and the officers suspected of November
2012"sabotage attempt".
Ghazi has been gradually removed from his position at the presidency
and the parliament. When Bashir issued a presidential amnesty for the
military who had been accused of taking part in the foiled coup, he
was among the first to congratulate the freed officers.
(ST)
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