Editing National Congress Party

{{Evil Organization
|Box title    = Evil Organization
|Image        = National Congress of Sudan logo.png
|size   = 
|fullname = National Congress Party
|alias = NCP<br>''al-Mu'tamar al-Waṭanī''
|origin = Sudan
|foundation = 1998
|dissolution = November 29, 2019
|headquarters = Khartoum, Sudan
|commanders = [[Omar al-Bashir]] (1998 - 2019)<br>[[Ahmed Haroun]] (2019)
|agents = 
|skills = 
|goals = Retain rule of Sudan (successful until 2019)<br>Wipe out all non-Arabs in Darfur (failed)
|crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Arms trafficking]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>Mutilation
|type of villain = Genocidal Oppressors
}}The '''National Congress Party''' was the ruling party of Sudan from its formation in 1998 until [[Omar al-Bashir]] was deposed by the Sudanese army in 2019. Long steeped in controversy, the NCP and its precursors have associated themselves with such notorious terrorists as [[Osama bin Laden]] and a variety of extremist groups including [[al-Qaeda]], [[Hamas]], and [[Hezbollah]].

The NCP was established in 1998 by key political figures in the [[National Islamic Front]] (NIF) as well as other politicians. The rule of the NCP was the longest and, by most standards, most successful reign in independent contemporary Sudanese history. It grew out of the Islamist student activism of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], passing through the same revolutionary salafi jihadism. The party followed the ideologies of Islamism, Pan-Arabism, and Arab nationalism.

==Background==
With Omar al-Bashir becoming President of Sudan, the National Congress Party was established as the only legally recognised political party in the nation in 1998, with the very same ideology as its predecessors National Islamic Front (NIF) and the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation, which al-Bashir headed as Chairman until 1993. As the sole political party in the state, its members quickly came to dominate the entire Sudanese parliament. However, after [[Hassan al-Turabi]], the speaker of parliament, introduced a bill to reduce the president's powers, prompting al-Bashir to dissolve parliament and declare a state of emergency, a split began to form inside the organisation. Reportedly, al-Turabi was suspended as Chairman of National Congress Party after he urged a boycott of the President's re-election campaign. Then, a splinter-faction led by al-Turabi, the Popular National Congress Party (PNC) which was renamed the Popular Congress Party (PCP) shortly afterwards, signed an agreement with Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), one of the largest rebel groups in the country, which led al-Bashir to believe that they were plotting to overthrow him and the government. Al-Turabi was subsequently imprisoned in 2000 on allegations of conspiracy before being released in October 2003.

In 2000, following the Sudanese government approving democratic elections that were boycotted by the opposition, it merged with the Alliance of Working Peoples' Forces Party of former President [[Jaafar Nimeiry]]. This merger later disintegrated with the launch of the Sudanese Socialist Union Party. The utility of the elections was questioned due to their boycotting by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Umma Party. At those legislative elections, in December 2000, the party won 355 out of 360 seats.

At the presidential elections of the same year, its candidate Omar al-Bashir won 86.5% of the popular vote and was re-elected. National Congress Party members continue to dominate the Lawyers' Union and heads of most of North Sudan's agricultural and university student unions. Following the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the SPLM in 2005, the NCP-dominated government of Sudan allowed Southern Sudan autonomy for six years, to be followed by a referendum on independence in 2011, thus ending the Second Sudanese Civil War. South Sudan voted in favour of secession.

Since the outbreak of the War in Darfur (and the subsequent [[Darfur Genocide]]) in 2004 between the government of Omar al-Bashir and rebel groups such as the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), the NCP has been almost universally criticised for allegedly, however not officially, supporting Arab militias such as the [[Janjaweed]] through a campaign of [[murder]], [[rape]] and deportation against the militants as well as the local population. Because of the guerrilla warfare in the Darfur region, between 200,000 and 400,000 people have been killed, while over 2.5 million people have been displaced and the diplomatic relations between Sudan and Chad has never been worse. This has led to the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicting State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs [[Ahmed Haroun]] and alleged Muslim Janjawid militia leader Ali Mohammed Ali, also known as [[Ali Kushayb]], in relation to the atrocities in the region. 

On 14 July 2008, ten criminal charges were announced against President Omar al-Bashir, and subsequently. a warrant for his arrest was issued. As of June 2019, al-Bashir, Haroun and [[Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein]], also a member of the National Congress and indicted by the ICC, were held under detention by Sudanese authorities while the Transitional Military Council held power. Kushayb and Abdallah Banda, also indicted by the ICC, remained fugitives as of June 2019.

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