Ex-NCP official mocks Bashir statements on reform initiative
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March 25, 2014 (KHARTOUM) - The leader of the Reform Now Party (RNP)
Ghazi Salah al-Deen al-Attabani, has described the recent remarks by
president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir as a list of "mere wishes and
slogans".
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Leader of the Reform Now Party (RNP) Ghazi Salah al-Deen al-Attabani,
On Sunday, Bashir laid out the guidelines of a reform plan before the
cabinet in an emergency session in which he announced the formation of
a higher committee comprised of five sub-committees to implement its
articles noting that the move does not contradict the ongoing dialogue
with political forces.
Attabani scoffed at Bashir's call for drafting a new permanent
constitution which is better than previous constitutions, wondering
what type of justice has Bashir accomplished since he took power 25
years ago and to what extent does the government even respect the
current constitution.
The former presidential adviser said in a post on the RNP Facebook
page on Tuesday he senses that the political atmosphere is in a
"time-out" mode and that he does not know the consequences of this
situation, wondering about the possibility of holding national
dialogue roundtable to the save the country as proposed earlier this
year by the Sudanese president.
Al-Attabani lost his position last year as head of the ruling National
Congress Party (NCP) parliamentary caucus after publicly declaring
that Bashir is constitutionally barred from running again for the
presidency.
Al-Attabani was expelled from the NCP in late 2013 in the wake of a
memo he drafted, along with more than two dozen party figures calling
for the reversal of a decision to lift fuel subsidies and an end to
the violent measures taken against demonstrators who took to the
streets to protest.
The RNP leader said he is concerned about the cabinet's decision to
establish committees to implement the Bashir's reform plan, saying the
panels would proliferate to the extent that it would eventually only
be seen with a "microscope".
"If these committees are entrusted with implementing the reform plan,
national dialogue will be killed", al-Attabani said.
He noted that the problem doesn't lie in the elite members of the
society like himself who could easily find getaways, stressing that
the government's current approach will not resolve the country's
deepening crises including the economy, civil wars, strained foreign
relations and the divided national front.
The former majority leader of the ruling party in parliament further
said that he continues to be amazed by the government's repeated
unfulfilled promises on national dialogue, mocking at the debate which
took place at the cabinet on the type of cars which government
officials should use.
On Sunday's cabinet emergency session, Bashir instructed ministers to
inspect people's conditions in the various states, announcing that
government officials, including the president, would use the locally
assembled Chinese cars BYD brand as part of the austerity measures.
The RNP leader noted that Bashir made the same promises on austerity
measures before the parliament two years ago, saying those pledges
never came through.
In a televised address to the nation late last January, the Sudanese
leader announced a four-point plan for reform "to stop the war and
bring peace, free political society, fight against poverty and
revitalize national identity".
He further called for political forces and even rebel groups should
they lay down arms to engage in dialogue to agree on the
implementation items to achieve these objectives.
Bashir afterwards met with several opposition leaders, but it is not
yet clear how the dialogue call will be implemented amid deep
skepticism over the willingness of the ruling National Congress Party
(NCP) to implement deep reforms.
So far NCP officials, including Bashir, have brushed aside opposition
calls for the 2015 elections to be delayed and the formation of a
transitional government that would work on drafting a new constitution
to prepare the country for the polls.
The opposition National Umma Party (NUP) and the opposition Popular
Congress Party (PCP) are the only major opposition parties who have so
far accepted Bashir's call for national dialogue.
But both parties warned that they would pull out of dialogue with the
NCP if no progress is made.
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