{"id":185005,"date":"2014-06-16T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-s-ruling-party-repeats-call-for-national-dialogue\/"},"modified":"2014-06-16T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T10:43:00","slug":"sudan-s-ruling-party-repeats-call-for-national-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-s-ruling-party-repeats-call-for-national-dialogue","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s ruling party repeats call for national dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has reiterated its call for a national dialogue on Saturday.<\/p>\n

During a symposium in Umbadda in Omdurman on Saturday, Assistant of the President, Dr Ibrahim Ghandour, said that the 2015 elections will take place as planned if the opposition continues to refuse to engage in a national dialogue. Ghandour criticised the opposition parties for being \u201cold and weak\u201d. \u201cThey do not even have political and economic programmes\u201d.<\/p>\n

The presidential assistant also reiterated NCP\u2019s call on the rebel movements to join the dialogue. He added that the NCP is ready for a comprehensive ceasefire in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile. However, he warned the rebels \u201cthe mistakes of the Naivasha peace agreement, by letting the armed movements keep their armies, would not be repeated\u201d. <\/p>\n

Yousif Hussein, the spokesman for the Sudanese Communist Party, called Ghandour\u2019s words arrogant, telling Radio Dabanga that \u201cthe NCP has done nothing other than disrupting the nation, during its 25 years of raping power, pillaging Sudan\u2019s resources, and impoverishing the population\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to Hussein, the regime\u2019s call for a national dialogue with all opposition parties and armed movements was only done to \u201cto rig the elections for a second time and forge the Constitution\u201d. He stressed that the NCP cannot be serious about a national dialogue. \u201cHow can there be a dialogue when opposition leaders and cadres are detained for their criticism of government militias and the media are silenced? The only solution for the crises in Sudan is the toppling of the regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of armed movements, responded to Ghandour\u2019s call by demanding the \u201cKhartoum regime\u201d to release all political prisoners and detainees, \u201cbefore talking about any political settlement or dialogue\u201d.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Adam Bilal, the spokesman for the Justice and Equality Movement told Radio Dabanga that the SRF cannot take part in any national dialogue or negotiations with the Sudanese government, when it refuses to accept any criticism about \u201cthe foreign militias that have been brought to protect them in Khartoum.\u201d \u201cIf Khartoum does not release all political detainees, the SRF has no choice but to uproot the NCP.\u201d<\/p>\n

File photo: Dr Ibrahim Ghandour<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

Sudan frees detained Umma Party leader El Mahdi<\/a> (15 June 2014)<\/p>\n

Umma Party and SPLM-N intensify cooperation in Sudan<\/a> (12 June 2014)<\/p>\n

Sudan opposition suspends parties for joining National Dialogue<\/a> (18 April 2014)<\/p>\n

Sudan opposition forces reiterate their conditions for a national dialogue<\/a> (9 April 2014)<\/p>\n

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