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 Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس (Re: محمد عثمان الحاج)
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وثائق تخص الحزب الاتحادي الديمقراطي ولقاء مع المرحوم السيد أحمد الميرغني يشهد له بالذكاء والمعرفة والخبرة والبراعة حقا لقد فقد السودان فيه رجلا غابت حقيقته عن معظم الشعب السوداني بسبب أكاذيب وتشويهات ما يسمى الآن بالحركة الإسلامية، ولقاء مع السيد محمد عثمان الميرغني:
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/03/08KHARTOUM325.html
UNCLAS KHARTOUM 000325
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/SPG
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV SOCI KDEM SU
SUBJECT: DUP PARTY SPLINTERS DUE TO POOR LEADERSHIP AND NCP
POACHING
REF: KHARTOUM 128
¶1. (SBU) Summary: Recent defectors to the NCP describe the
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) as lacking effective, democratic
leadership and a vision for the future. They see the NCP as an
attractive alternative and contend that the NCP has changed for the
better since Al-Turabi's departure. They are less attracted by the
SPLM, viewing it as an armed rebel movement rather than a political
party. Some observers accuse the NCP of poaching across party lines
in order to weaken the DUP and guarantee an NCP victory in the 2009
elections. End Summary.
Democratic Unionist Party Splinters Again
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¶2. (U) Several prominent members of the DUP recently announced
their defection to the National Congress Party (NCP) shortly after
the start of a DUP-NCP dialogue. Meanwhile preparations are under
way for the expected return of elderly DUP leader Mohamed Othman
Al-Mirghani after almost 18 years of self-imposed exile in Egypt.
Like most other Sudanese political parties in recent years, the DUP
has suffered several internal splits, but the most recent resulted
in the loss of prominent DUP members who have provided financial
support over the years.
¶3. (U) Five factions now carry the name Democratic Unionist Party
moniker: the original DUP led by El-Sayed Mohamad Othman
Al-Mirghani, DUP Hindi Faction, DUP Haj Mudawi Faction, DUP Mohamed
Al-Azhari Faction, and the DUP Mirghani Abdel-Rahman Faction. Each
group claims to legitimately carry the DUP name.
DUP "Without Political Leadership"
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¶4. (SBU) Poloff met separately with two of the most recent prominent
defectors, wealthy businessmen Ali Abbarsi and Hisham Al-Brair.
Abbrasi and Al-Brair share common reasons for leaving the DUP for
the NCP. They complained about Al-Mirghani's long absences from
Sudan as well as his autocratic management style, pointing to
failures to consult others in the party leadership, control of party
members' activities, lack of transparent and democratic decision
making, failure to nurture a successor generation in the party, and
treating party members as Al-Khatmia Sufi sect followers. (Note:
Although technically separate organizations -- one religious, the
other political - most members of the Al-Khatmia Sufi religious sect
also belong to the DUP. End Note).
¶5. (SBU) Ali Abbarsi charged that Al-Mirghani "is managing the party
by phone from outside the country." He claimed the A-Mirghani is
not available most of the time and spends three months in Sudan and
the rest of the year in London or Alexandria. Al-Brair asked
rhetorically "how can we serve the country's causes without
political leadership?" According to Hisham Al-Brair, disagreements
within DUP have been on the rise in the last eighteen months.
NCP Has Changed, SPLM Has Not
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¶6. (SBU) Asked about why they joined the NCP rather than form a new
DUP faction as have other DUP defectors, Abbarsi and Al-Brair
asserted that NCP has changed dramatically after the departure of
Hassan Al-Turabi in 2000. "My disagreements with the NCP ended when
Al-Turabi left, which was a shift from the iron fist policy and
since then the NCP has headed in a different direction," said
Al-Brair. "The policy the NCP is following now represents 60% of the
original DUP policy" he added. Abbarsi echoed the comment about
Turabi's departure and pointed to his need to protect his interests
as a businessman. "I cannot afford to stay away from the economic
decision-making circles and allow others to control my business
decisions."
¶7. (SBU) Abbarsi and Al-Brair said they did not consider joining
SPLM when they decided to leave the DUP for two main reasons.
First, according to Al-Brair "We do not trust them especially after
the late John Garang decided to negotiate the peace agreement with
the NCP without discussing the idea or even informing the DUP
leadership, his partners in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)."
Second, according to Al-Brair and Abbarsi, although the SPLM now is
the NCP's partner in the Government of National Unity, "they need to
transform themselves into a political party before the elections."
(Note: The SPLM obviously is a political movement, though it is
notable that these DUP defectors share a perception of the SPLM as
an armed rebel movement, a view shared by many northerners. End
note.)
¶8. (SBU) Regarding elections, Al-Brair opined "they must be held in
the whole country - no exceptions for Darfur or the South."
Al-Brair noted that the NCP is ready to form alliances with other
parties including the Umma party, the DUP, and the Communist party.
However Al-Brair indicated that he is against an alliance with the
Communist Party "because it has been closed on itself for many years
and has nothing new to offer."
DUP: We're Reaching Out Too
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¶9. (SBU) In an earlier meeting with Poloff, DUP-Al-Mirghani Deputy
Secretary General Tag Elsir Mohamed Saleh said that his party
SIPDIS
"continues conversations with all stakeholders in Sudan." Saleh
said the DUP's dialogue with the NCP is limited to election
arrangements and national reconciliation. He noted that the DUP is
represented on the Elections Laws Committee. "We support the
mixed-electoral system based on a 50-50 percentage" as advocated by
the SPLM "and could even accept 55-45, but not the 60-40 proposed by
the NCP, because this is going to maintain the status quo."
Comment
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¶10. (SBU) While Al-Mirghani clings to the DUP leadership and
frustrates members with his management style, the NCP is all too
eager to poach prominent defectors like Abbarsi and Al-Brair,
possibly obviating the need for an alliance with DUP Al-Mirhgani.
The NCP would also like to break up the moribund (pre-CPA) National
Democratic Alliance - which was chaired by Al-Mirghani and included
the DUP, the Umma, and the SPLM - in favor of an all northern
alliance confronting the SPLM and cornering it as only a "Southern"
party with limited appeal. Both of these actions strengthen the
hand of the NCP heading into elections, should they ever actually
occur.
FERNANDEZ
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/04/08KHARTOUM605.html
UNCLAS KHARTOUM 000605
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/SPG, A/S FRAZER, S/E WILLIAMSON
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
DEPT PLS PASS USAID FOR AFR/SUDAN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
SUBJECT: CDA MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT MIRGHANI
Refs: A. Khartoum 509
¶B. Khartoum 325
¶1. (U) On 17 April, CDA Fernandez met with former Sudanese President
(1986-89) and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Ahmed
Al-Mirghani, brother of DUP leader Mohamed Othman Al-Mirghani who
remains in self-imposed exile in Cairo. Ahmed Al-Mirghani stated
that the DUP (Mirghani faction) is keen to maintain strong relations
with the West, especially the United States. He emphasized the DUP's
roots in Sufi Islam (out of the Khatimiyya Order) as promoting a
tolerant, inclusive, and pro-Western form of Islamic politics.
¶2. (SBU) Mirghani, a trained economist, described the ruling
National Congress Party (NCP) as a colossus that has tremendous
power but is actually weak. He noted that Khartoum's surface flash
and growth masks a grimmer reality, the gap between the center and
the regions, the capital and the countryside. Despite the regime
being awash in money because of oil revenues, ordinary Sudanese feel
more and more squeezed by inflation and deteriorating services
provided by a kleptocratic state.
¶3. (SBU) The former President (who was overthrown in the coup that
brought Omar al-Bashir to power) noted that Northern opposition
parties should be able to confront the NCP but are constrained by a
lack of a financial base to challenge them, after almost 20 years of
NCP rule. He described the SPLM (who were the DUP's allies in the
"National Democratic Alliance" before 2005) as having finally "woken
up" in late 2007, after having ignored Northern opposition parties
for over two years after the signing of the CPA. He thanked Charge
Fernandez for pushing the message publicly that to transform Sudan,
to help in Darfur or South Sudan, the heart of the problem - and the
solution - is in Khartoum and reaching out to Northern opposition
parties much more than before.
¶4. (SBU) CDA Fernandez told Al-Mirghani that the USG will encourage
a level-playing field ahead of the elections. He urged Al-Mirghani
to ensure that the DUP keeps distance from the NCP and not fall prey
to its destructive "divide and conquer" tactics prior to the
elections. Responding to recent DUP member defections to NCP which
received considerable press coverage in the pro-regime media,
Al-Mirghani said, "these were not important people at all," noting
that one "leader" was 84 years old and almost unknown, and "it's
[the amount of press coverage] a bit of a joke." (Reftels) The CDA
agreed that because the NCP controls the media, among other
important resources, it has the ability to publicly play up such
things to its advantage. As a way of encouraging democracy in
Sudan, the CDA offered support to the DUP through continuous
dialogue. Al-Mirghani was grateful for this offer of support. It
was agreed that DUP would set up an event for the CDA to meet and
speak with a larger number of DUP members in the coming weeks.
¶5. (SBU) COMMENT: Divided now into three or four factions, the DUP
is probably the most fractured of Sudan's traditional parties but
probably still has adherents, especially in Sudan's East and North.
Any real electoral strategy for fully democratic polls in Sudan must
indeed seek to give historically Northern, Arab, Muslim opposition
parties a real chance to participate fully, speak out and challenge
the NCP's false claim to represent what is actually a heterogeneous
Arabic-speaking "Northern Sudan," not at all in NCP lock-step
against an also illusory, united anti-Arab, Southern Sudan. Africa's
largest country is much more complex than that. END COMMENT.
FERNANDEZ
http://wikileaks.org/origin/124_41.html
UNCLAS KHARTOUM 000735
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM AU UNSC SU
SUBJECT: CDA'S COURTESY CALL ON DUP LEADER AL MIRGHANI
¶1. SUMMARY. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Mohammed Osman
al Mirghani complained to Charge Whitehead that the two CPA partners
are ignoring the concerns of Sudan's other political groups.
Despite this, Mirgahani seemed unable to articulate a clear strategy
of how the DUP might compete in the coming elections. This
indecision appears common to all of Sudan's opposition parties.
Only the NCP seems confident it can win through patronage and
partnerships. END SUMMARY.
¶2. (SBU) On June 7, CDA Whitehead paid a courtesy call on DUP
leader Mirghani at the latter's residence. Charge Whitehead asked
for Mirghani's assessment of the current political situation in
Sudan and the DUP's plans for the scheduled 2010 elections and
afterwards. In response, Mirghani expressed disappointment that the
DUP and other traditional Sudanese parties are not included in
Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU). He complained the DUP
is largely ignored by both the National Congress Party (NCP) and
Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). Sudan "now has two
masters, one in Khartoum and one in Juba," he stated.
¶3. (SBU) According to Mirghani, the late SPLM leader John Garang had
consulted with Mirghani during the Naivasha peace negotiations in
¶2004. Mirghani said that he had argued for a GNU in which all
parties equally participated, but that in the end, the Comprehensive
Peace Agreement (CPA) had been negotiated bilaterally between the
NCP and SPLM, to the exclusion of the other parities. Mirghani also
referred to the inter-party "Framework Agreement" negotiated in
Cairo in 2005 under the sponsorship of Egypt. Mirghani complained
that Egypt failed to follow-up after the Agreement was signed, and
that it too was never implemented. Since then, the DUP has been
ignored by the two CPA partners.
¶4. (SBU) Mirghani is also the hereditary leader of the Khatmiyya
Sufi order. Asked about the relationship between the DUP and
Khatimiyya, Mirghani explained they are separate entities. He
emphasized that the Khatimiyya embody "moderate Islam," reflecting
the Sufi dedication to tolerance and nonviolence. While reflecting
these same ideals, the DUP, he maintained, is broader than the
Khatimiyya order and includes many Sudanese Christians. Mirghani
argued that the DUP is the majority party in Sudan, noting that it
had won the popular vote in every election from Sudan's 1956
independence until a coup brought the National Islamic Front to
power in 1989.
¶5. (SBU) Asked by the Charge for his views on the DUP's future
electoral prospects, Mirghani replied that while the DUP is not
afraid of the 2010 elections, preparations are starting from the
wrong point. The DUP has submitted its recommendations to the
National Election Commission. He complained that the rules being
drafted for the elections will unfairly favor the NCP. For example,
he said that many potential voters will be discouraged from voting
by having to pay for the required identity card. He added the NCP
plans to pay the cost of ID cards for its supporters, giving it an
advantage. The NCP is unilaterally pushing through rules such as
this that favor it, he charged. If they are to be kept honest, all
of Sudan's parties need to be included in planning the elections.
He emphasized that the DUP had spurned the NCP's proposal to partner
with the DUP in the coming elections. He said that the people of
Sudan deserve a clear choice of who will govern them, rather than
having this decided over their #########. Asked if the DUP would join
the NCP in a coalition after the election, Mirghani replied that it
expects to win the elections outright.
¶6. (SBU) COMMENT: Mirghani seemed much more comfortable describing
the DUP's history and past achievements than in articulating a clear
vision of its goals or future role. Based on his responses, the DUP
appears to lack any clear strategy on how it will compete in the
national elections, now scheduled for April 2010. The party instead
appears stuck in a rut, complaining that it does not have a seat at
the existing table. Unfortunately, the DUP is by no means alone in
this. Even the SPLM is undecided about whether it will seriously
contest next year's elections or focus instead on the 2011
referendum on southern independence. Only the NCP appears to be
focused on the elections and confident that it can win, largely by
controlling constituencies through patronage and partnering with
elements of the political opposition.
WHITEHEAD
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 مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Abobakr Shadad | 09-03-11, 08:03 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Abobakr Shadad | 09-03-11, 08:04 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Abobakr Shadad | 09-03-11, 08:09 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Abobakr Shadad | 09-03-11, 08:20 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Abobakr Shadad | 09-03-11, 08:25 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-03-11, 10:10 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Abobakr Shadad | 09-03-11, 10:44 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Abobakr Shadad | 09-03-11, 11:05 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-03-11, 11:05 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | SAIF MUstafa | 09-04-11, 00:04 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Abobakr Shadad | 09-04-11, 00:25 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | motaz ali | 09-04-11, 03:11 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-04-11, 04:24 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-04-11, 08:26 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | أحمد أمين | 09-04-11, 12:06 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | أحمد أمين | 09-04-11, 12:12 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-04-11, 06:21 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-04-11, 06:40 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-04-11, 06:48 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-04-11, 07:48 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 05:28 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 06:00 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | قلقو | 09-05-11, 06:56 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | أحمد أمين | 09-05-11, 11:17 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 03:44 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | بريمة محمد | 09-05-11, 07:24 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 08:41 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 08:54 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 09:08 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 09:20 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 09:42 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 09:56 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Abobakr Shadad | 09-05-11, 10:49 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 11:31 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-05-11, 11:45 PM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-06-11, 00:20 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | محمد عثمان الحاج | 09-06-11, 00:38 AM |
| Re: مراسلات السفارة الامريكية فى الخرطوم دون تنقيح فى وثائق ويكيليكس | Kostawi | 09-14-11, 09:15 PM |
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