[2] The party relies heavily on displaced Western Sudanese living in Khartoum's shanty towns for support.
[4] As a consequence, al-Turabi established the PCP (initially called the Popular National Congress) in August 2000 in opposition to the NCP.
[4] Al-Turabi managed, however, to have a significant impact on political developments in Sudan from jail or house arrest and eventually was released.
[4] There is strong evidence that the PCP established an alliance with the rebel Justice and Equality Movement in Darfur in order to put additional pressure on the government.
[4] In the flawed April 2010 elections, the PCP candidate for president, Abdullah Deng Nhial, a Muslim from the Dinka tribe, received only 4 percent of the vote.