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Sudan’s NCP appears heading towards a landslide victory in North Sudan

April 16, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan is heading steadily towards a solid victory in North Sudan on all levels as opposition parties are beginning to concede defeat in some parts of the country citing widespread fraud as the reason behind this outcome.

Bashircar.jpg The National Elections Commission (NEC) has started counting votes since the polls officially closed on Thursday in Sudan’s first multi-party elections since 1986. However, this election has been marred by opposition boycott and technical issues that have undermined its credibility in the eyes of the observers.

In the presidential race, the NCP leader and incumbent president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir maintained a comfortable lead over his rivals scoring no less than 85% in the districts announced so far by NEC including foreign posts with Sudanese expatriates voting abroad.

But the race was expected to be an easy one for Bashir after his main challengers, the Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) candidate Yasir Arman and the ex-PM Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi who is the Umma party chief withdrew from the race.

By contrast, the legislative and gubernatorial elections in the North were expected to witness a stiff competition between parties some of which are relying on a religious followers base such as the Unionist Party (DUP) whose leader Mohamed Osman Al-Mirghani is also the head of the Al-Khatmiya religious sect.

DUP and few other parties that did not boycott the elections revealed unfavorable preliminary results as reported to them by their monitors.

“Everything is totally corrupt. We are fed up and we will never recognize these elections,” the DUP’s Salah al-Basha told Reuters.

Prior to the vote, he said the party was sure to win the governorships of at least six states. Friday he said it looked to have won none.

Another opposition source told Sudan Tribune that the Popular Congress Party (PCP) led by Islamist figure Hassan Al-Turabi had suffered a “staggering” defeat in the elections

This week the NCP senior figure Ghazi Salah Al-Deen Al-Attabani has offered all opposition parties to join the new government even if they boycotted the elections saying the country needs consensus ahead of the 2011 referendum in South Sudan.

However Bashir dismissed his aide’s remarks saying the post-election government will consist primarily of those parties that did not boycott.

The Sudanese president in an interview with the independent Al-Akhbar newspaper questioned the wisdom of elections and competition if all parties were going to be part of the national government without regard to the outcome produced by the election.

He said that it is best for the country to have a strong government that enjoys a degree of coherence and harmony that reflects parliamentary and also to have a strong and responsible opposition exercising its oversight role on government performance.

(ST)

29 Comments

  • SPLA
    SPLA

    Sudan’s NCP appears heading towards a landslide victory in North Sudan
    This is Traitor Machar, Gatwech and all other traitors plus militias fault that Bashir is winning the presidency. Also, the SPLM bears partial responsibility for Bashir presidency this time. To hell with that PB of the SPLM.

    SPLM

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  • Albee
    Albee

    Sudan’s NCP appears heading towards a landslide victory in North Sudan
    Hi all, A house without windoms is like a tree without roots. Some parts are unhappy about outcoming result and few are ringing their bells. What is happening in Sudan like these phases. The devil is taking a chance now,so where is Christ? Anyway,money is playing a big part because of blindfool ideas Khartoumers gave to the South,West, North,and East Sudan. The true is the one guide people at this day because they should have seen what has been happening in the East,South,West and also North since the birth of Christ. What is the freedom in Sudan? Man rules the country until his death. Wow!aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamy people died for nothing.

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  • Gatwech
    Gatwech

    Sudan’s NCP appears heading towards a landslide victory in North Sudan
    Kalkada,

    You are barking for nothing. I didn’t say you had not contributed to war as people of Nuba or Blue Nile though Garang cheated you because he did not tell you the truth about the direction of the ship.

    What my concern is please don’t act like intruders of bad faith, using Dinka names to create division between Dinka and Nuer on this website. That is a sin and should not be how you want to continue contributing to the struggle.

    I know you need assistance from us after our independence, but please behave yourselves on this website.

    Dr. Machar saved you alot by championing self-determination otherwise you would have remained fighting in Torit town in a wrong ship of New Sudan of illusions!

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  • Time1
    Time1

    Sudan’s NCP appears heading towards a landslide victory in North Sudan
    let bashir win and let ICC go to hell, this Europeans should not be alowed to dictate international affairs, no african country should accept the ICC issue anymore after this elections even though our brothers in Darfur deserve justice which they will get but not white mans justice.

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