SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple Sources - National Umma Party rejects Sudan governor nominations

20/4/2020: Multiple Sources - National Umma Party rejects Sudan governor nominations

·      Radio Dabanga

·      Sudan Tribune

 The National Umma Party (NUP) demands that the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) withdraws its proposal for the nominations of the new civilian governors.

 The NUP Political Bureau describes the FFC nominations as “an abyss of quotas, turning a blind eye to the weight of political names, and their presence in the states,” and that they “do not take into account the views of stakeholders in the states, but rather represent the opinion of the political elites in Khartoum.”

 The NUP warn that the FFC nominations will impede conflict resolution and “will make stability in [conflict zones] impossible.”

 The NUP called for a mechanism “to determine the weight of political forces,” announcing that it was seeking consultations to develop such a mechanism, emphasising the importance of local public opinion in determining governors in order to achieve “the goals of decentralisation and maintaining social fabric.”