Sudan’s NCP says Geneva meeting aimed to revive charter with rebels
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July 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The ruling National Congress Party (NCP)
accused the opposition forces of supporting the Sudanese Revolutionary
Front (SRF) saying they planned to sign an alliance with the rebels in
a meeting organised in Geneva.
The accusation is the first official explanation of a travel ban
imposed last Sunday on representatives of opposition parties,
preventing them from participating in Geneva meeting with the SRF
groups.
The NCF delegates were heading to Switzerland to participate in a
dialogue over peaceful settlement of conflicts in Sudan with the SRF
organized by the Geneva based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD
Centre)
The NCP secretary of organization, Hamid Sideeg, in press statements
on Tuesday accused the opposition umbrella organization National
Consensus Forces (NCF) of supporting the SRF and sending
representatives to sign the New Dawn charter which he claimed was
drafted by "Western intelligence".
Last January the SRF and the NCF signed the ‘New Dawn’ charter in the
Ugandan capital of Kampala before some NCF parties including the
National Umma Party (NUP), Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) and Popular
Congress Party (PCP), later backtracked on the deal.
The controversial charter included the decision to overthrow the
regime of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), using both armed
and peaceful means and replacing it with a broad-based transitional
government for a four-year term.
The main opposition forces said hostile to the use of arms, also said
the charter intends to establish a secular state they cannot endorse.
They also objected additional points in the political declaration and
vowed to keep discussions with the rebels over it.
The NCP official said that the NCF delegation was arranging to travel
to Geneva to revive the New Dawn charter which they had disavowed
earlier, pointing that the charter aims at fragmenting Sudan and
blurring its identity.
"Why are they travelling to revive the charter after they had
disavowed it?" he asked.
He further said that the trip of the NCF delegation to Geneva was part
of a "Western plan" to unite the opposition forces and stressed that
his party would not negotiate with arms bearers.
The HD Centre, which was involved in past efforts to resolve Darfur
conflict and supported the of implementation Popular Consultation in
Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan, says it encourages political dialogue
between Sudanese actors to resolve the recurrent conflicts in Sudan.
The opposition alliance announced last June a 100-day plan to topple
the regime through protests and civilian disobedience. The rebels said
they support this plan and vowed to protect with weapons if needed.
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