Opposition calls for ‘urgent political, economic and constitutional reforms’ in Sudan

The National Consensus Forces (NCF) has called on Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir to “conduct urgent political, economic and constitutional reforms to find a way out for the country’s crisis.” Speaking to Radio Dabanga on Tuesday, spokesman Kamal Omar Abdel Salam said the NCF also calls on the Khartoum government “to take serious action to maintain the unity of Sudan. The NCF is a coalition of Sudanese opposition parties who aim to remove the National Congress Party (NCP) from power. “The opposition has put forward a vision to save the country,” Abdel Salam said. “This includes presenting a transitional period ending in free and fair elections; declaration of amnesty for prisoners and detainees; cease-fire and abolition of laws restricting freedoms; the adoption of negotiation to end the armed conflicts; respect for cultural and social diversity; a review of the system of the current federal government; ensuring equitable distribution of wealth and power. “It also involves bringing human rights violators to trial, as well as those guilty of corruption and misuse of public money,” Abdel Salam said. “Part of the plan is also the financially and morally compensate the victims’ families and reinstating those dismissed from the civil service.” Abdel Salam pointed out that “the death toll in Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile state is more than a million people. The perpetrators of such crimes must be punished,” he said. “President Al Bashir will inevitably go to criminal trial today or tomorrow, so the alliance’s message calls on him to respond to the legitimate demands of the people of Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile.” Abdel Salam asserts that the NCF vision is “a last resort for the government to find a solution to the challenges that face the country. File photo: NCF spokesman Kamal Omar Abdel SalamRelated: Opposition accuse Khartoum of ‘unequal treatment’ of Darfur displaced (19 May 2013)