Sudan's PCP joins groups rejecting new political initiative
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- 28 Apr 2022
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The Islamist Popular Congress Party (PCP) on Wednesday rejected a political initiative endorsed by political groups allied to the al-Bashir regime, saying it aims to consolidate the coup leaders’ grip on power.
An initiative made by the African Center for Governance, Peace and Transformation Studies and the Center for Peace and Development Studies sparked widespread controversy.
The move forced the National Umma Party and the Democratic Unionist Party to mark their distance from a text drafted by some people suspected of being close to the security service, as they said.
In turn, on Wednesday, the PCP rejected the document and underscored that the presence of one of its leading members, Bashir Adam Rahma was not linked to the party.
PCP Spokesman Awad Falestini told the Sudan Tribune that Rahma attended in his capacity as a member of Sudan’s Elders Committee.
“The initiative aimed to hinder the efforts to solve the problems that the country is facing,” said Falestini.
Normally, all the initiatives that have been made by the political forces and alliances have to be submitted to the tripartite mechanism including the UNITAMS, the African Union and the IGAD, which prepare to launch a Sudanese-led dialogue process.
PCP Political Secretary Kamal Omer, in separate statements, criticized the document stressing that it proposes to hold the elections in May 2024 while there is a consensus on 2023. Read More…
