SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Elections should be organized if Sudan’s transition overwhelms government: al-Mahdi
Sudan Tribune reports that the leader of the National Umma Party, Sadiq al-Mahdi, has announced the NUP’s unwavering support for the transitional government, but warned that the magnitude of their tasks could lead to calls for premature general elections.
Al-Mahdi criticised some of the NUP’s allies in the Forces of Freedom and Change, and stressed that al-Bashir’s regime still exists via its party institutions, private companies, media agencies and "masked militias.”
He also criticised the Sudanese Communist Party, labelling it as “Communist Salafist Party” that is reckless and destructive.
Al-Mahdi also called for the Sudanese Professionals Association to develop their organisational structure and form a democratic political party similar to the British Labour Party, or return to their traditional professional union structures.