‘Al Bashir’s decree shows inconsistency, conflicts within government’: CPS

The spokesman for the Communist Party of Sudan (CPS), Yusif Hussain has reiterated his Party’s proposal to abolish all laws that restrict freedom. Speaking in reaction to the latest decree (No. 158) by Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir which severely restricts the activities of political parties, Hussain said that his Party considers the abolition of such laws as “key to resolving the crisis in the country”. He said that “despite President Al Bashir’s talk about freedoms and their protection so as to clear the way for National Dialogue, there are dozens of detainees still behind bars. The trials of the demonstrators in political protests continue, the war in Darfur has not stopped, and political prisoners have not been released.” Hussain asks: “How can the members of the armed movements be expected to join the National Dialogue while some of them still have death sentences or prison terms hanging over their heads, and others are being hunted-down?” He stressed that “the latest decree comes in spite of the need for more freedoms. This inconsistency in their decisions points to conflicts within the government,” he concluded. Image: The logo of the CPS Related: Dozens still detained in Sudan despite promise of amnesty (16 April 2014) Stunned Sudanese opposition parties study Bashir’s restrictive decree (15 April 2014)Sudan’s Al Bashir restricts political parties after promising the opposite (15 April 2014)Sudan’s rebels take ‘strategic decision’ not to participate in national dialogue (14 April 2014)Sudan opposition forces reiterate their conditions for a national dialogue (9 April 2014)’Political and legal basis needed for Sudan dialogue’: Yasir Arman (8 April 2014)