The Movement for the Society of Peace in Algeria demands the resignation of the government and the President of the National Assembly

The Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) appreciates the resignation of the head of the Constitutional Council, Tayeb Belaiz, and considered it to be a step in accordance with the demands of the popular movements and with the solution proposed previously by the movement in the media. MSP also demanded the replacement of the current government by a consensual one.

In a statement published on 16 April 2019 on its official Facebook account, the movement said that the resignation is an essential step towards reaching a solution in case there is a genuine political will. This step should be followed by the appointment of an alternative consensual figure accepted by the people, was not previously involved in corruption, and was not responsible for electoral fraud in any previous elections.

The movement also called for the resignation of Abdul Qader bin Saleh, the head of the National Assembly, who currently presides over the country, and proposed his succession by the head of the new consensus constitutional council, all in accordance with the expanded interpretation of the articles of the constitution.

The movement also stressed on the necessity of dialogue in appointing a consensus president and prime minister of a consensus government, and in determining the schedule, the regulations, and the mechanisms of the democratic transition, which ensures the realization of popular will in accordance with Articles 7 and 8 of the Constitution. Moreover, MSP called for the continuation of the popular movement until the launching of the national dialogue and the achievement of the national consensus and until the process of successful democratic transition reaches the point of irreversibility.

A Muslim Brotherhood group in Sudan meets the military council and demands the handover of power to civilians

On Thursday, April 18 2019, a Muslim Brotherhood group in Sudan met with the ruling military council to demand the quick handover of power to civilians.

A statement was published on the official Facebook page of the General Observer of the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan, Awadallah Hassan Sayed Ahmed, announced that he and his deputy, Hassan Abdul Hamid, met with the Political Committee of the Military Council within the delegation of the National Front for Change.

According to the statement, the General Observer stressed on a number of points during the meeting, the most important of which the military council to expedite the handover of power to a civilian government of technocrats and to maintain an impartial position towards all social constituencies.

The General Observer also demanded the Military Council not to be partial towards any regional or international axis and not to bow to any of them and to work with everyone in accordance with the interests of religion and the nation.

Since Thursday, April 12 2019, the Sudanese army has overthrown President Omar al-Bashir and has put him under arrest before referring him to a prison in the capital, Khartoum.

The King of Jordan meets the Muslim Brotherhood MPs for the first time in years

For the first time since the so-called “Arab Spring”, the Jordanian King Abdullah II held a meeting with the MPs of the “Reform bloc” at the royal palace, on Tuesday, April 16 2019.

The meeting is of high significance given the fact that the “reform bloc” represents the Islamic Action Front Party (the political wing of the unlicensed Muslim Brotherhood) in the country.

While the royal court broadcasted an official statement about the meeting with the Islamist Movement parliamentary bloc, the MP Saleh Al-Armouti said that the meeting was “positive and historic” and constitutes a new phase in the relationship between the movement and the palace.

In this regard, Al-Armouti spoke about the most important topics discussed at the meeting table, among which were the issue of Jerusalem, the deal of the century, and the “legitimacy of the Muslim Brotherhood.” He also pointed out that the movement thanked the Monarchy for not including the Islamists in Jordan in the “terrorism list.”

According to Al-Armouti, the King said that the deal of the century “is of no value” and that all European countries stand by Jordan in its steadfast position on the Palestinian issue, its support of the two-state solution, its rejection of settlement and the alternative homeland, and its commitment to the Hashemite custodianship of the holy sites in Jerusalem.

The king was open to discuss various issues presented by the bloc, including the legal dispute over the movement’s legal licensing, as well as its concerns about the gas agreement. The Jordanian monarch revealed his intention to review the agreement and reevaluate it.

Moreover, some Royal directives are expected to be issued on several political matters pertaining to the elections law and the lowering of the age of candidacy for the electorate.

The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt urges voters to boycott the referendum on constitutional amendments and the General Office issues a statement to support the “Batel” (English: void) campaign.

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt urges voters to boycott the referendum on constitutional amendments, which have been approved by the Egyptian parliament. The vote is supposed to take place from 19 until 22 April.

In a statement published on its official Facebook account on Monday, April 15 2019, the movement described the constitutional amendments as a “play” and a strike against the will of the Egyptian people.

The statement stressed that “the constitutional amendments do not grant the overthrowers any legitimacy. They are null and void.”

The movement also demanded the continuation of “the peaceful resistance against the coup d’état and its corrupt junta until their removal, the restoration of people’s rights, and the achievement of the objectives of the January 25, 2011’s revolution. This is to be realized through the cooperation of all loyal citizens.”

The statement appreciates “all the sincere efforts of all Egyptians, at home and abroad, and in various directions, to fight the coup and liberate the homeland” and renews “the call on everyone to join efforts, in the agreed-upon manner, for the sake of the homeland.”

In the same context, the General Office of the movement, one of the two competing entities to represent the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, called in a statement published on Tuesday, 16 April 2019, “to respond positively to the “Batel” campaign, launched by free Egyptians to reject the existing regime, reveal the true national rejection of this regime and show the extent of rejection of military ruling, all through free elections”, as described in the statement.