Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir’s National Congress Party (NCP) on Friday condemned the transitional government’s decision to dissolve the political party and confiscate its assets, insisting that its “ideas will prevail,” reported Reuters.
The NCP accused the illegal government of trying to confiscate its properties to help tackle Sudan’s economic crisis.
“To rely on the assets of the party, if there are any, is nothing more than a moral scandal, an act of intellectual bankruptcy and a total failure on the part of the illegal government,” the Islamist party wrote in a post in its Facebook page. “The party is not bothered by any law or decision issued against it as the NCP is a strong party and its ideas will prevail.”
The statement comes after the Sudanese authorities approved a law titled “Dismantling of the regime of 30th June 1989,” on Thursday that ordered the NCP to be dissolved, the regime dismantled and its assets confiscated as demanded by the protesters.
Bashir and his party NCP had been in power since 1989. He was ousted in April in a palace coup after a nationwide protest movement against his rule of three decades.
Sudan’s new ruling sovereign council and the cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok also slapped a ban on any symbols of the former regime from taking part in political activities for 10 years.
Bashir is currently being held in a prison in Khartoum facing trial on charges of corruption. Some of his close aides including some of his officials and senior party members have also been put in jail over corruption charges.
Furthermore, the council also repealed the public order laws, which governed among other things, women’s presence in public spaces under the Islamist Bashir.
International Rights Group, Amnesty International welcomed the move saying it is a big step forward for women’s rights in Sudan.
