Sudanese opposition group says U.S. work to maintain Bashir’s regime

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Sudanese opposition group says U.S. work to maintain Bashir’s regime

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February 25, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The opposition National Consensus
Forces (NCF) Saturday accused the United States of leading an
international plot through the African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki to
maintain the regime of President Omer al-Bashir.

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Farouk Abu Issa (R-C) chairs a meeting of the opposition National
Consensus Forces on 10 September 2014 (ST)

The alliance of left parties which comprises the Sudanese Communist
Party and several small groups rejects the ongoing efforts by the
African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) for a negotiated
settlement to end the war and achieve democratic reforms in Sudan.
Instead, they call to overthrow the regime through a popular uprising.

The African mechanism was supported by the former U.S. Special Envoy,
Donald Booth, who during the two past years worked hard to normalise
relations with Khartoum and at the same time to bring the government
and armed groups to end the war and reach an inclusive peace
agreement.

In a statement released Saturday, the NCF said they "kept watching the
international plan led by the United States to impose a political
settlement through the so-called soft landing that keeps the regime
and its policies, and to enlist some opposition parties to participate
in its corrupt power".

"The gravity of (the U.S.-led) scheme that it threatens the unity of
what remains of the country, stability and sovereignty, with the
continuation of the ruling regime and it failed policies."

The opposition NCF was part of the Sudan Call forces which is involved
in the African Union led process but gradually some groups led by the
SCP walked out of the alliance while others led by the Sudanese
Congress Party continue to part of the process.

The NCF stressed that it had no choice but to topple the regime as an
entry point to resolve the country’s crises, according to his
statement.

It further went to say that the cost of the regime maintenance is much
higher than the cost of overthrowing it through civilian disobedience
and popular uprising.

The opposition alliance is seen as weakened and isolated from its
bases by the security apparatus during the 28-year-old regime.
However, the leaders of the alliance say they have succeeded to
reorganise their organisations and prepare to confront the regime
peacefully.

An NCF leading member, Mohamed Mahjoub, told reporters on Saturday
that despite repression, they formed Intifada and resistance
committees at the level of neighbourhoods and all sectors in the
capital and provinces, and established contact with the Sudanese
Diaspora abroad.

(ST)