MB bets on incitement against army in Sudan

Noura Bendary

The terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organization and its affiliated Islamist groups in Sudan are trying to topple the transitional government in a bid to assume power through calls for a rally to the army’s headquarters in Khartoum on October 21.

Sudanese activist Ammar al-Saggad called on his Facebook page on October 6 for a massive rally October 21. The objective of the rally is to correct the path of the Sudanese revolution as he put it.

However, the Islamist groups dismissed accusations of seeking to promote chaos in the country, stressing their approach of peaceful political opposition for the best interest of Sudan.

Meanwhile, Osama Tawfik, secretary of the “Reform Now” movement, told the media on October 7 that national and Islamist forces will oppose rationally without violence.

Tawfik said that the Freedom and Change members in the transitional government obtained privileges with no regard to the Sudanese martyrs. He said that the transitional government has deliberately excluded other political forces, which should have been part of the government.

Researcher Ramadan Qurani, an expert on African affairs and managing editor of “African Horizons”, said that the Islamist trend has failed in Sudan with the collapse of the Omar al-Bashir regime.

“The Bashir regime has worsened the Sudanese economy and spoiled Sudan’s regional and international relations. So the political movement in Sudan is seeking to kick out the Islamists from the political scene,” Qurani told THE REFERENCE.

“Rectifying the revolution’s path has been demanded by the Sudanese public, but not according to the vision of Islamists. There are other political trends such as the Communist Party and some armed groups, which also demand such correction,” he said, dismissing the potential of the Islamist trend in Sudan to mobilize a million demonstrators.

“The Sudanese people know very well that a political roadmap has been approved, and there is a constitutional framework, which is regionally and internationally recognized,” he added.