 Following the 1989 Sudanese coup d'état however the party was again repressed, with the party being banned and its leaders being arrested.As of 2006, the SCP is led by Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud and plays only a marginal role.Nugud however claims the party enjoys support from a wide section of Sudanese society, including "workers, farmers, students, women's groups, minority groups, in the Nuba Mountains, in the South, and in Darfur".