Sudanese opposition warns of escalation in conflict
Anxiety prevailed in Sudanese opposition circles due to the escalation of the conflict between factions of the ruling system in Sudan, as the opposition's leadership expressed its fears of the conflict becoming a bloody armed clash.
Farouk Abu Esah, the spokesman of the Democratic National Assembly, stated that the ruling Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation (RCC) owns the weapons and the militias, for its influence extends all over, expressing his hope that this conflict won't escalate and will end up peacefully to regain a democracy based on political multiplicity and stopping the civil war.
Abu Esah also stated that leaders of the opposition Democratic National Alliance are closely following up the situation and that they expect that this conflict is the beginning of the end for the rulers in Khartoum.
The leadership of the Sudanese opposition depicted the resolution of Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir dissolving the parliament and declaring a state of emergency as a coup d'etat against Hassan El-Torabi, chief of the National Islamic Front and head of the parliament, expressing their belief that this coup d'etat is a part of the agreement between El-Bashir and El-Sadek El-Mahdi, the former Sudanese prime minister who was overthrown by El-Bashir.
The Sudanese opposition source said that the agreement states that El-Bahir remains Sudan's president and El-Mahdi returns as a prime minister.
The opposition leadership stated that El-Bashir depends on his followers' power inside Sudan.
Other sources expressed their belief that what happened was a drama between El-Bashir and Turabi to persuade international and Arab public opinion of the possibility of having a change in Sudan, referring to the incident when El-Bashir put Turabi in prison, then released him after a while.
On the other hand, El-Moetasen Hakem, a member of the executive bureau of the opposition Democratic Unionist Party, said that the events that took place in Khartoum were not a surprise to the opposition, especially in shadow of the severe conflict between the group of President El-Bashir and Turabi recently.