“Communist” outside the ruling coalition: I regret the “revolution”

Khartoum | It apologizes to the Sudanese people and its forces for continuing for more than a year in the framework of the “Alliance of Forces for Freedom and Change”, which accepted negotiations with the military after the fall of the Omar al-Bashir regime in April last year, and after the dispersal massacre of the sit-in in front of the headquarters of the General Command. As a result of that negotiation, the empowerment of the security committee (the army) in the transitional power structures, the “Communist Party of Sudan” announced, earlier this week, its withdrawal from the “Freedom and Change Coalition” and the “Forces of National Consensus”. The party justified its maneuver in the fact that the transitional authority works through its various structures to reduce the spaces of freedoms and violate rights, in an attempt to stem the revolutionary tide and empty the slogan of “revolution” (freedom, peace, justice) of its content, in addition to confiscating the tools of change that the Legislative Council and governance represent. Shaabi and local legations.

Finally, the “communist” continued to openly reject the policies of the transitional government and its attempts to unilaterally make decisions that are not among the tasks entrusted to him as stipulated in the constitutional document, not the last of which is the search for the normalization with Israel, which the party considered a betrayal of the principles of the “revolution,” warning against the expansion of the Al-Askari component and its foray into the powers of the executive branch. How the steps taken by the head of the “Sovereignty Council”, Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, especially in the normalization file, seemed to the “communist” an indication of the growing influence of the military, and a consecration of their interference in the file of foreign relations that fall within the tasks of the Council of Ministers.
However, it was surprising that the latest party statement did not make any reference to the issue of normalization. This is how a Communist Party source explains that the position on this issue is implicitly understood from the points mentioned in the statement, saying: “Now, after more than a year of shaping the transitional power structures, our country still faces crisis, while maintaining the laws that restrict freedoms, And the conclusion of agreements and alliances behind the backs of our people. In an interview with Al-Akhbar, the party’s spokesperson, Amal Al-Zain, in turn, affirms that “the discussion was about the party’s total reservations about the government’s violations,” noting that “(we) talked about submitting. to the policy of international and regional axes, and standardization is part of this presentation “. Above all because it was done “behind the Sudanese people, and by old arrangements, according to what became clear to us later.” This occurs while the transitional government advances with the normalization file; According to Israeli sources, an Israeli technical delegation intends to head to Khartoum next week to reinforce the process of normalization of relations that the two countries announced on 23 October last.

The “communist” decision came at a time when the party would have seen a sharp division had it not been approved.

According to observers, the anti-participation movement in the transitional government within the “communist” is now in control, and has finally managed to pressure the centrality of the party and pressure it to withdraw from the ruling coalition. Supporters see that the “communist” decision came at a time that would have witnessed a sharp division within the party had it not passed; As a tendency that makes the decision to withdraw, it believes that those who ask for participation in the transitional authority and its continuation represent “the wing of soft landing and eluding the conquests of the revolution.” Rather, a source from within the party does not hesitate to ask that the representatives of that movement be subjected to “strict accountability”, considering that “an apology alone is not enough.”
Analysts believe that the “communist” exit from the political incubator of the transitional authority indicates the failure of the political parties to bring the country out of the impasse it is going through and to preserve the “achievements” that were achieved thanks to the “sacrifices of the youth “, and not as a result of party pressure. Given this, the “communist”, according to them, is betting on the street to work to overthrow the government. But some see this as a losing bet. The overwhelming economic crises that the country is experiencing have prevented young people from taking to the streets, in addition to the great frustration that comes to them due to the inability of the government to achieve the change they seek. Therefore, observers believe that the party may have accelerated its departure from the political bloc with which it was affiliated and placed in the opposition category without having the necessary tools to leave a tangible effect.

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