Sudan ruling party says Gosh’s removal dictated by “internal consideration”
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April 27, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – A Sudanese official on Wednesday broke the
silence that shrouded this week’s dismissal of the presidential
security adviser, Salah Gosh, denying speculations that the latter’s
removal was caused by alleged power struggle within the ruling
National Congress Party (NCP).
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Sudan former presidential security adviser Salah Gosh (FILE)
In the first official comment on the removal of Gosh, presidential
adviser Ghazi Salah Al-Din told reporters on Wednesday that the
security adviser was relieved from his position on account of what he
termed as “internal consideration” without going into further details.
Ghazi went on to deny that the sacking of Gosh was an indication of
escalated internal squabbles within the NCP. “Salah [Gosh] is an
active person in the NCP and was so in all the positions he held, he
will remain an active member of the party,” Ghazi added.
Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir on Tuesday issued a decree relieving
Gosh from his duties as a presidential adviser for security affairs
and director-general of the Presidential Security Advisory (PSA), few
days after the security adviser was embroiled in a show of public
bickering with the powerful presidential assistant and NCP’s
vice-president Nafi Ali Nafi.
Nafi criticized in a radio interview on Friday the dialogue conducted
by the PSA with opposition parties, and said it was not sanctioned by
the NCP’s leadership, prompting Gosh to retort a day later with
assertions that his dialogue enjoys approval by president Al-Bashir
and Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha.
Gosh said that Nafi’s statement represents only himself and that his
dialogue would not stop unless by direct orders from Al-Bashir.
North Sudan’s ruling party has been engaged in dialogue with two
mainstream opposition parties, the National Umma Party of former Prime
Minister Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) led
by Mohamed Osman al-Mirgahni. The dialogue comes at a time of tension
in the domestic political arena due to worsening economic conditions
manifested in rising food prices, shortage of foreign currency and
rising inflation. Meanwhile, the opposition blames Al-Bashir’s
government for failure to keep the unity of Sudan following the
secession of the oil-producing south Sudan in a referendum in January.
A Sudanese daily reported this week that Al-Bashir convened a meeting
on Sunday between Nafi and Gosh. However, the paper said its sources
were not able to confirm the outcome of the meeting.
Meanwhile, Sudan Tribune sources revealed that president Al-Bashir had
summoned his security adviser at a late hour on Tuesday and informed
him of the decision to relieve from his position, adding that Gosh did
not enter into debate with the president and rather said “I hear and
obey” then dashed out of the presidential guesthouse in Khartoum.
Gosh confirmed to the pro-government Sudanese daily that he had indeed
received a decree relieving him from his duties, but he declined to
divulge further details or issue a reaction.
The controversy surrounding Gosh’s dismissal as a presidential adviser
mirrors that of his surprise removal in August 2009 from the helm of
Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), over which
presided since succeeding Nafi in 2004.
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