This archive report was first published on 29 November 2019.
On November 28, 2019, Sudan's new authorities took a significant step towards dismantling the regime of ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir. The party of Bashir, the Islamist National Congress Party (NCP), was dissolved, and its assets were confiscated.
The decision was made by the country's new ruling sovereign council and the cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The law, titled "Dismantling of the regime of 30th June 1989", aimed to recover the plundered wealth of the Sudanese people and preserve their dignity.
According to the decree, the National Congress Party is dissolved, and its registration is cancelled from the list of political parties in Sudan. None of the symbols of the regime or party would be allowed to engage in any political activity for 10 years.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok wrote on Twitter that the dissolution of the party was not a revenge against the country's former rulers but aimed to recover the plundered wealth of the people.
Wajdi Salah, a spokesman of the umbrella protest movement Forces of Freedom and Change, welcomed the decision, stating that the old regime party would be dismantled completely.
Thousands of Sudanese rallied late last month in several cities, urging the new authorities to dissolve the former ruling party.
