{"id":58779,"date":"2025-12-17T16:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=58779"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:57:16","slug":"what-happened-within-the-sudanese-congress-party-internal-disputes-or-a-deep-rooted-old-maneuver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/what-happened-within-the-sudanese-congress-party-internal-disputes-or-a-deep-rooted-old-maneuver\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened Within the Sudanese Congress Party: Internal Disputes or a Deep-Rooted Old Maneuver?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Report \u2013 Sudan Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sudanese Congress Party (SCP), through well-known figures within its leadership, announced that it had signed the charter of the so-called \u201cFounding Alliance.\u201d Photos circulated widely showing SCP members signing the charter and celebrating alongside the militia-backed government. Many observers viewed this not as a new position, but merely a redefinition of the party\u2019s long-standing stance\u2014one already aligned with the militia. Since the outbreak of the war, the party has consistently adopted positions supportive of the militia, with its political leaders, most notably Khalid Omar Yousif, widely known as \u201cSilik,\u201d openly defending it. Yousif has persistently opposed the Sudanese Armed Forces and their allied units in what is referred to as the \u201cWar of Dignity,\u201d while promoting the Janjaweed militia\u2019s narrative.<\/p>\n

More recently, following reports of the party\u2019s signing of the charter with the militia, the Sudanese Congress Party issued a statement disavowing the members who signed the document and announcing their expulsion from the party. Those expelled include Abdullah Shams Al-Kawn, Mohamed Al-Wali, Abdullah Jali, Reham Sobhi, Ahmed Ibrahim Ishaq, and former governor Mohamed Hassan Arabi. Arabi, who expressed surprise at the decision, insisted that he had not signed the charter, but added, \u201cI respect the party\u2019s decision,\u201d noting further, \u201cI am no longer a member of the party, nor of Somoud, nor of Ta\u2019sis.\u201d<\/p>\n

In its statement, the party asserted that those who signed the document do not represent it or its legitimate institutions. This stance has revived memories of the recent split within the National Umma Party, whose membership became divided between the \u201cSomoud\u201d and \u201cTa\u2019sis\u201d camps, while others remained within the framework of the state and its legitimacy. That configuration ensured the party\u2019s presence under all circumstances. While the party\u2019s leader moved toward \u201cTa\u2019sis,\u201d the remaining members of the executive bureau stayed within \u201cSomoud.\u201d The Sudanese Congress Party appears to be following a similar approach, maintaining members on two fronts\u2014both hostile to the army and state institutions, and both, in one way or another, supportive of the militia. This pattern has become increasingly clear to the public, which has come to understand the party\u2019s method of handling national issues, whether major or minor.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Mudathir, who left the party at the outbreak of the war, believes the situation closely resembles what occurred within the Umma Party. \u201cSome went toward what is called the Founding Government, while others went to Somoud,\u201d he said, arguing that those who joined Ta\u2019sis acted out of tribal zeal rather than a coherent political position. He added, \u201cEven within the Umma Party, there is a strong belief that its historical base in Darfur is linked to Arab communities there, and therefore supports the militia. The same is happening now within the Sudanese Congress Party. Those individuals went to the militia driven by tribal loyalty, while others who share the same vision believe they can control the Founding Government and manage it, and thus oversee any future dialogue or negotiations between the militia and the armed forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mudathir continued, \u201cThe conflict within the Sudanese Congress Party is not far removed from the conflicts seen in all Sudanese parties. There is no unified vision\u2014neither in direction nor in decision-making. A small group controls the process, taking whatever decisions it sees fit, while others are left with only two choices: follow or leave\u2014without any discussion. There is no democracy or transparency, except in their rhetoric.\u201d He went on to say, \u201cWe used to hear people describe the Sudanese Congress Party as a clique or a party of friends, and we thought it was merely political spite. Now we say it openly: they are a clique with a party that serves their interests\u2014nothing more. However, I do not believe those who went to Ta\u2019sis are in agreement with those who chose to remain in Somoud; otherwise, they would not have been expelled, and their membership would have merely been suspended.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor Fadl Al-Mawla Al-Naeem, a political science academic, disagrees with Mudathir\u2019s assessment, though he acknowledges that tribal zeal influences many politicians who have chosen to act against the nation by joining Ta\u2019sis, such as Al-Ta\u2019ayashi and others. He argues, however, that what occurred here indicates an agreement among the parties involved. \u201cThe evidence,\u201d he said, \u201cis that no one has attacked the other despite the supposed divergence in positions. In fact, their positions are unified\u2014both support the militia, and that support may even be organic.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cWhat we are witnessing is not fragmented parties, but rather parties that, unfortunately, repeat the same mistakes, believing that what they are doing is a form of political cleverness. The National Umma Party is not truly divided, nor is the Sudanese Congress Party. What they are producing is a type of opportunism they believe to be successful\u2014one that guarantees them a place in power regardless of its nature, whether through agreements with the military, a military coup, or by exploiting the dreams of the poor and climbing to power on their backs. These are the practices of Sudanese politicians that have crippled the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

He concluded, \u201cUnfortunately, politicians in Sudan constantly repeat the notion that politics has nothing to do with ethics. They practice this belief within their own institutions and in their handling of national concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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