Sudanese opposition refuses to participate in national government

The opposition Democratic National Assembly inside Sudan announced its refusal to participate in the national government as called for by some Islamic factions affiliated to the government.

A prominent leader in the assembly and in the Democratic Union Party, lawyer Ali Mahmoud Hassanein said that a real solution between the government and its opposition can only come through the government's reconciliation with the parties, convening a constitutional conference in the attendance of all the political parties to discuss all Sudanese issues, forming a transitional government to implement a known program puts the military under civilian control, civil corporations, and justice bodies as well as holding free, legitimate elections that bring a national parliament that forms a new government.

Hassanein severely criticized continuing the government's prohibition of political parties' activities in spite the new constitution, which removed this prohibition.