The Return of the Remnants and the National Congress Propaganda

Walid El Noor

Journalists are among the most influential groups in society, capable of shaping public opinion and directing its achievements. Nowadays, the horns of the National Congress are reappearing. True to form, they are recycling old, fabricated, and misleading news. Their goal is to influence the negotiation platform in Jeddah, from which leaks have emerged, including a potential ceasefire paving the way for a permanent cessation of hostilities.

Now, journalists supporting the wars cessation and the transition to civil democracy must raise their voices. They should not succumb to the blackmail they faced at the beginning of the war, refusing to be unpatriotic. Sudan has entered a dangerous phase, and the war could escalate into a civil and regional conflict.

In the past, the remnants of the National Congress managed to convince ordinary citizens that the war would be short. They repeated the phrase "victory is near, just hours away," knowing well that the first shot of war could be fired by a soldier, but the decision to stop the war requires a brave political decision.

The remnants and the horns of the tribes laid the groundwork for war from the beginning of Ramadan through the iftars held for them. The threats were conveyed on social media, including a direct threat to burn the country if they were not included in power. All the videos were circulated before declaring war, but they concocted another enemy, directing their massive media machinery towards the Freedom and Change Forces, accusing them of igniting the war, despite being political forces without weapons. The military component of the Sovereign Council turned against them, and they were thrown into prison in less than two hours.

However, the bitterness of the remnants comes from the fact that the forces of Freedom and Change allied in January 2019, forming the largest opposition alliance and overthrowing the largest dictatorship in Africa. The forces of civil change, with their youth and peaceful approach, resisted for over five months and toppled the Salvation regime and its political incubator, the Islamic Movement. The Freedom and Change Forces became a target for the remnants, attempting to accuse them of supporting the Rapid Support Forces.

The dissolved National Congress Party had passed the law of the Rapid Support Forces in the parliament it controlled in 2017, signed by the deposed President Omar al-Bashir. When the opposition criticized the law, they were thrown into prison. As soon as the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces rebelled against it after signing the Political Framework Agreement on December 5, 2022, to hand over the state apparatus to civilians, the remnants of the regime tried to pin the blame on the Forces of Freedom and Change, describing them as the political arm of the Rapid Support Forces.