National Consensus Forces

{{Short description|Sudanese political Alliance}} {{Infobox political party | name = National Consensus Forces | native_name = تحالف قوى الإجماع الوطني | colorcode = {{party color|National Consensus Forces}} | logo = Logo of the National Consensus Forces.png | foundation = {{Start date|2010|04}} | founder = [[Farouk Abu Issa]] | headquarters = [[Khartoum]] | ideology = [[Antimilitarism]] [[Secularism]] '''Factions:''' [[Communism]] [[Social democracy]] [[Nasserism]] [[Ba'athism]] [[Neo-Ba'athism]] [[Sudan]]ese [[nationalism]] [[Islamic democracy]] [[Islamism]] | position = [[Big tent]] | country = Sudan | predecessor = [[National Democratic Alliance (Sudan)|National Democratic Alliance]] | national = [[Forces of Freedom and Change]] }}

The '''National Consensus Forces''' (NCF, ''Ij’maa'') is a coalition of [[political parties]] in [[Sudan]] that opposed the rule of the [[National Congress (Sudan)|National Congress Party]], and was initially formed to stand against the NCP in the [[Sudanese general election, 2010|2010 Sudanese elections]].<ref name="HRW Opposition">[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,IRIN,,SDN,,501272132,0.html Sudan: Who's who in the opposition]</ref> [[Farouk Abu Issa]] served as chairman from 2005 until his death in 2020.<ref name="Sudan Tribune NCF">[http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?mot330 National Consensus Forces (NCF)]</ref>

It is part of the FFC ([[Forces of Freedom and Change|Forces for Freedom and Change]]), a wide coalition, which sought to overthrow [[Omar al-Bashir]] and to negotiate the [[Sudanese transition to democracy (2019–2021)|democratic transition]] with the military after he was deposed.

In a recent statement, the coalition called for the end of bombing campaigns against civilians in the [[Darfur]], [[Blue Nile State|Blue Nile]], and [[South Kordofan]] states, organized by pro-government forces. They also called on the UN and the African Union to protect civilians and internally displaced persons in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Editor |first=Digital Qquality |date=2016-05-24 |title=National Consensus Force calls on govt to stop bombing civilians in Darfur |url=https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/national-consensus-force-calls-on-govt-to-stop-bombing-civilians-in-darfur |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Radio Tamazuj |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Policies== The [[Popular Congress Party]], the [[National Umma Party]], and the [[Sudanese Communist Party]] later signed the Democratic Alternative Charter (DAC) on 4 July 2012, committing themselves to overthrowing the NCP through various peaceful political and popular means and establishing a civil and democratic state.<ref name="HRW Opposition"/> The DAC was signed by 19 opposition parties.<ref>[http://www.girifna.com/6202 Police and Security Forces Continue Clampdown on Protesters & Launch Mass Arrests]</ref> The NCF later outlined their plan for a transitional government to lead Sudan in the post-NCP phase. The NCF's plan involves the establishment of a parliament, a presidential council of six members representing six regions after restructuring the current federal system and an executive government of 20 ministers.<ref name="Sudan Tribune NCF"/>

Internal division, over strategy and leadership, led to the creation in 2018 of an opposing coalition umbrella called the Sudan Call. The NCF was at first allied to the Sudan Call, but it later on accused them of aiming towards reconciliation with the government, while their ultimate goal was "regime change".<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=El-Gizouli |first=Magdi |date=2019-04-12 |title=The Fall of al-Bashir: Mapping Contestation Forces in Sudan |url=https://www.arab-reform.net/publication/the-fall-of-al-bashir-mapping-contestation-forces-in-sudan/ |journal=Arab Reform Initiative |language=en}}</ref> The NCF even purged those suspected of thinking of this "soft-landing" with the government within its own ranks. It was then reduced to the [[Sudanese Communist Party|Communist Party]], as well as [[Ba'athism|Baathist]] and [[Nasserism|Nasserite]] elements.<ref name=":0" />

==Member parties==

===Main parties=== {{update section|date=July 2019}}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Members ! Name !! Ideology !! Leader |- | [[Sudanese Communist Party]] || [[Communism]] [[Marxism-Leninism]] || [[Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib]] |- | [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Region of Sudan|Ba'ath Party – Region of Sudan]] || [[Ba'athism]] [[Saddamism]] || Ali Elraih El Sanhoory |- | [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Organization of Sudan|Ba'ath Party – Organization of Sudan]] || [[Neo-Ba'athism]] || Al-Tijani Mustafa Yassin |- | [[Popular Congress Party (Sudan)|Popular Congress Party]] || [[Sudan]]ese [[nationalism]] [[Islamism]] || Ibrahim El Sanousi |- | [[Sudanese Ba'ath Party]] || [[Ba'athism]] || Mohamed Ali Jadin |- | [[National Umma Party]] || [[Sudan]]ese [[nationalism]] [[Islamic democracy]] || Fadlallah Baramah Nasser |- | [[Nasserist Democratic Unionist Party]] || [[Nasserism]] || Gamal Abdunnasir Idris |- | [[Unified Democratic Unionist Party]] || N/A || Jala'a Ismail Al-azhari |- | [[New Forces Democratic Movement]] || N/A || Halal Abdulhaleem |- | [[Sudanese Congress Party]] || [[Social democracy]] || Khalid Omar Yousif |}

==See also== * [[National Democratic Alliance (Sudan)|National Democratic Alliance]] – a previous opposition alliance in Sudan

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