The Election

The current situation in Khartoum and Sudan in general does not look good. The rising tension between the ruling party and its partner is endangering the whole future of the country, north and south. It is beyond doubt the government is not going to allow for free, fair, and transparent election. All the legislations related to freedom of speech and press have not been passed yet by the Parliament, where the ruling party maintains a majority.  

If things continue in its current course most likely opposition parties will boycott the coming election. The referendum will not take place and most likely the SPLM will retreat back to its base in the South gearing up for declaration of independence from rest of the country.

Khartoum will go into unrest with everyday demonstrations and people go out to the streets, the government as usual will respond to demonstration by force. Putting in mind that there many groups in Khartoum carry weapons thing will get ugly, in fact it may deteriorate into a civil war but this time it will be in the heart of Khartoum.

The opposition collation already cancelled Thursday demonstration for now, but as the SPLM withdraw its ministers from the federal government meetings, things may escalate in the next coming weeks.   

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