‘Al Bashir nomination complicates Sudan’s crises’: opposition
Sudan’s political opposition parties have widely criticised the ruling party’s nomination of President Omar Al Bashir as candidate for the coming elections in April 2015. A member of the ruling National Congress Party revealed that parties running in the elections must pay a fee of SDG486,000 ($84,548) for all nomination posts. “Al Bashir’s candidacy is an error… constitutionally, politically, economically, and internationally,” described the head of the National Umma Party (NUP), El Sadig El Mahdi. He considered the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) indictments against the President as one of the causes for Sudan’s problems. ‘Al Bashir protected against ICC’ The nomination of the President, charged by the ICC with crimes against humanity and war crimes, will only complicate the crises in Sudan, the spokesman for the Sudanese Communist Party, Yousif Hussein, told Radio Dabanga on Thursday. The National Consensus Forces (NCF), an alliance of political opposition parties, claimed that the nomination and possible re-election of Omar Al Bashir in 2015 is an attempt to protect him from the prosecution of the ICC. “The NCF is not concerned with that,” spokesman Siddig Yousif said. He added that he does not care about his nomination, and called for toppling the regime. Abdel Gayom Awad Jadel Seed, the Secretary-General of the Sudanese Congress Party (SCP), said that the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) “does not respect democracy nor does it care for it“. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) considered that the President’s nomination confirmed his dictatorship. The NCP leadership had submitted the names of four other candidates, but Al Bashir was elected with 73 percent of the votes on Monday. The head of the NCP organisational sector, Hamid Sidig, said that the party’s nomination of Al Bashir, out of all five running candidates, found full support through all the consultations. The NCP has governed Sudan since it was founded out of the National Islamic Front (NIF) in the mid-1990s. In the general election in 2010, the NCP held 324 out of 450 seats in Sudan’s National Assembly, and 25 out of 50 in the Sudanese Council of States. High election fees Mohamad El Hassan El Amin, a leading NCP member, on Wednesday revealed that his party will pay about SDG486,000 ($84,548) to cover the fees of its candidates for the elections, who will run for either President, Governor, or the parliament. He noted that the high financial costs of the elections will exclude small parties. “Those parties have no place in the election race”, Sudan Tribune quoted El Amin. Candidates for the post of President of the Republic have to pay SDG10,000 ($1,740). For the post of Governor, there is a fee of SDG1,000 ($174), the NCP member announced. File photo: President Omar Al Bashir in Khartoum on 20 October 2014 (Gulf Times) Related: Al Bashir NCP candidate for Sudan’s 2015 elections (22 October 2014) ‘Al Bashir should take Kenyan President as example’: Sudan rebels (9 October 2014)
Sudan’s political opposition parties have widely criticised the ruling party’s nomination of President Omar Al Bashir as candidate for the coming elections in April 2015. A member of the ruling National Congress Party revealed that parties running in the elections must pay a fee of SDG486,000 ($84,548) for all nomination posts.
“Al Bashir’s candidacy is an error… constitutionally, politically, economically, and internationally,” described the head of the National Umma Party (NUP), El Sadig El Mahdi. He considered the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) indictments against the President as one of the causes for Sudan’s problems.
‘Al Bashir protected against ICC’
The nomination of the President, charged by the ICC with crimes against humanity and war crimes, will only complicate the crises in Sudan, the spokesman for the Sudanese Communist Party, Yousif Hussein, told Radio Dabanga on Thursday.
The National Consensus Forces (NCF), an alliance of political opposition parties, claimed that the nomination and possible re-election of Omar Al Bashir in 2015 is an attempt to protect him from the prosecution of the ICC. “The NCF is not concerned with that,” spokesman Siddig Yousif said. He added that he does not care about his nomination, and called for toppling the regime.
Abdel Gayom Awad Jadel Seed, the Secretary-General of the Sudanese Congress Party (SCP), said that the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) “does not respect democracy nor does it care for it“. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) considered that the President’s nomination confirmed his dictatorship. The NCP leadership had submitted the names of four other candidates, but Al Bashir was elected with 73 percent of the votes on Monday.
The head of the NCP organisational sector, Hamid Sidig, said that the party’s nomination of Al Bashir, out of all five running candidates, found full support through all the consultations.
The NCP has governed Sudan since it was founded out of the National Islamic Front (NIF) in the mid-1990s. In the general election in 2010, the NCP held 324 out of 450 seats in Sudan’s National Assembly, and 25 out of 50 in the Sudanese Council of States.
High election fees
Mohamad El Hassan El Amin, a leading NCP member, on Wednesday revealed that his party will pay about SDG486,000 ($84,548) to cover the fees of its candidates for the elections, who will run for either President, Governor, or the parliament. He noted that the high financial costs of the elections will exclude small parties. “Those parties have no place in the election race”, Sudan Tribune quoted El Amin.
Candidates for the post of President of the Republic have to pay SDG10,000 ($1,740). For the post of Governor, there is a fee of SDG1,000 ($174), the NCP member announced.
File photo: President Omar Al Bashir in Khartoum on 20 October 2014 (Gulf Times)
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