Sudanese opposition factions resume participation in multiple-party system

The secretary-general of the Sudanese Democratic Party, El-Sherif Zein El-Abidin El-Hemdi returned to Sudan yesterday and announced that large groups of the Sudanese political opposition living abroad are on their way back to Sudan to participate in discussions on the political multiplicity draft law in the Sudanese National Council (Parliament) this week.

He said the law could help achieve stability in Sudan as well as the peaceful and civil transision of authority.

Ummah Party leader al-Sadiq al-Mahdi's followers renewed their refusal to participate in discussing the draft law, describing it as an attempt by the government to impose on permanent basis the current political reality prevailing Sudan as well as dedicating the political work for its own good.