 and under Mahjoub’s leadership, the Communist Party played an important role in overthrowing Abboud in 1964.Mahjub opposed the 1969 coup by Jaafar Nimeiri as he saw it as incompatible with the principle of democracy, which was advocated by the party, but he could not secure the approval of a majority of secretaries of the CPC Central which was required to condemn the coup.The SCP later went on to participate in the new government.