Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood seeks mediation between NCP & PCP
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June 5, 2011 (KHARTOUM) - A delegation from Sudan’s Popular Congress
Party (PCP) held a rare meeting yesterday in Cairo with the head of
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie.
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Mohammed Badie, the head of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (AFP)
The meeting is expected to be followed by a summit between Badie and
PCP leader Hassan Al-Turabi though a date and place has not been
specified yet.
Al-Mahboub Abdel-Salam, a leading PCP figure, said that Badie plans to
visit Sudan soon and will attempt to mediate between Turabi and the
ruling National Congress Party (NCP) headed by president Omer Hassan
Al-Bashir.
Bashir came to power through a coup in 1989 with the support of the
then National Islamic Front (NIF) led by Hassan Al-Turabi but the pair
fell out following the introduction of a bill to limit the president’s
powers in 1999, a move which the president resisted by dissolving
parliament and declaring a state of emergency.
Turabi has been in an out of jail and house arrest ever since after
splitting ranks with Bashir over accusations ranging from staging a
coup attempt to standing behind the rebellion that broke out in
Darfur.
Abdel-Salam said that the PCP delegation led by political secretary
Kamal Omer warned Badie about the complexity of the quarrel between
the two sides and the difficulty of mending fences.
However the Muslim Brotherhood chief informed the PCP officials that
he is fully aware about all the related details and expressed optimism
about the prospects of succeeding in his reconciliation efforts.
Badie affirmed his keenness to seek settlements among the different
parties in Sudan saying it is part of the duties of the Islamic
movement in pursuing convergence between Muslims while preserving the
unity of Sudan.
There have been numerous attempts by Islamists around the world to
bring end the long standing dispute between Bashir and Turabi but
their efforts met little success.
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