*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Iqbal Siddiqui [Crescent International, May 16-31, 2000.] Sudanese president general Omar Hassan al-Bashir, vice-president Ali Osman Mohammed Taha and other senior members of the Sudanese government were expelled from the National Congress (NC), Sudan’s Islamic movement, by its Leadership Authority council at a meeting on May 9. The decision came days after Bashir tried to freeze the NC secretariat in an attempt to sideline NC secretary general Shaikh Hasan al-Turabi, the leader of Sudan’s Islamic movement. Shaikh Turabi had already signalled the end of the relationship between Sudan’s Islamic movement and the government the previous day, when he told a meeting of students at the Qur’an al-Kareem & Islamic Sciences University that the government had "contravened the constitution, effectively ripping it apart and disregarded the oath of the Islamic movement, the basic statute of the NC and the principles of shura (...) being moved by the lust of power". In an interview with the Khaleej Times newspaper published on May 8, Turabi had acknowledged the possibility of armed conflict. He was quoted as saying that "Any possibility exists, including armed confrontation... All options exist, including taking to the streets. But we are trying to ensure that the people move towards a goal." He went on to say "If there is to be a revolution, it won’t just be against the regime. God willing, it will be a penetrating one, for the major cause which is Islam, and will come through the elected leaders of the movement because they are the legitimate leadership." Another NC activist said on May 8 that "Lieut General Omar-Al-Bashir has now chosen the path of ex-president Jaffer Numeiri and opted for a centralised authoritarian military dictatorship." The latest crisis had begun on May 4, when Bashir accused Turabi of plotting against the government in a meeting of the leadership of the NC that Turabi did not attend. Word of the meeting and Bashir’s accusations quickly flooded the city, followed closely by rumours of a pending crackdown on Turabi’s followers within the NC. Turabi himself was reported to be expecting to be put under arrest. Two days later, on May 6, Bashir announced the suspension of the NC leadership in a frenzied television interview in which he accused Turabi of interfering in the running of the state. At the same time, Sudanese police and troops surrounded the NC headquarters in Khartoum. The offices of the party’s secretaries in the country’s 26 provinces were also closed down "by force of arms" according to reports. Turabi’s followers were prevented from holding press conferences at the headquarters of Turabi’s deputy, general Ali al-Haj Mohamed. The following morning, May 7, amidst continuing tension, four newspapers — the Islamic paper Alwan, along with Al-Rai Al-Akher, Al-Wifaq and Al-Sahafi Al-Dawli — were confiscated from the presses without being distributed, for carrying Turabi’s statements condemning the crackdown. Information minister Ghazi Salah Eddin Atabani said that "the chief editors were summoned to a meeting Saturday and cautioned to observe the existing state of emergency under the present circumstances, but the chief editors of those four dailies have failed to comply". However, an unauthorised edition of Alwan was distributed in Khartoum later in the day. Thousands of Turabi’s supporters gathered outside his home in Khartoum later on May 7, chanting slogans against Bashir and pledging allegiance to Turabi to fight him. Demonstrations also took place in other cities. The events clearly stem from the conflict between the two leaders which blew up with Bashir’s ‘coup’ against Turabi in December. That crisis lasted until a settlement was reached in February. However, Bashir clearly remained determined to ditch Turabi one way or another. On April 24, Bashir had announced that presidential and parliamentary elections would be to be held in October. This was against the previously announced plans, and criticised by most other leaders and parties in the country. There was an immediate movement within the NC to reconsider last year’s decision — taken before the December crisis raised tensions within the movement to a new level — that Bashir should be the movement’s only candidate in the presidential elections. Many NC members wanted him to be replaced by Turabi, or for Turabi to run as well. It appears that this factor determined Bashir to break with Turabi once and for all. Bashir’s declaration of war on Turabi was welcomed by other Arab countries, who have long been worried about the role of the Islamic movement in Sudan’s government. During the December crisis, the Qatar foreign minister attempted to mediate between Bashir and Turabi. Among his proposals was that Turabi should retire from politics in Sudan and move to Qatar. This clearly indicated that Bashir was no longer willing to work with Turabi on any terms. Since then it has only been a matter of time before a total break came. What form the Islamic struggle in Sudan will now take remains to be seen; what is certain is that the Islamic movement faces a hard time to recover from this blow. 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