Sudan’s Al-Turabi scoffs at rumors of his death ArticleComments (2). Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
December 2, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s opposition leader Hassan Al-Turabi has derided the rumors of his death which spread across the country on Friday, accusing the authorities of standing behind them. FILE - Sudan’s Islamist opposition leader Hassan Al-TurabiThe veteran Islamist emerged on Friday with a feisty smile on his lips among nearly three thousands of his ululating supporters at the opening session of his Popular Congress Party’s (PCP) national convention held at a hall in one of Khartoum’s up-market neighborhoods. His appearance has dispelled rumors of his death, which permeated the capital Khartoum earlier in the day and created a state of panic among his supporters. Addressing his supporters, Al-Turabi shrugged off rumors of his death, saying that such adversary will befall everyone eventually and not just him. He further said that the authorities previously spread rumors that had died of illness after they failed to muffle his voice by throwing him in jail. The eighty year-old opposition figure has been in and out of jail since he was ousted from power in 1999 after a bitter power struggle with president Al-Bashim whom Al-Turbi orchestrated his rise to power in an Islamist-backed military coup in 1989. Ever since he was ousted, Al-Turabi has been a vociferous critic of Al-Bashir’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) from which he broke away to establish the PCP. In his address, Al-Turabi said that the entire country is enmeshed in a network of malaise and hunger, adding that he expects the eruption of an all-out revolution that would start in the country’s “inflamed peripheries” to eradicate the corrupt regime that killed innocent people and stole the state’s resources. Al-Turabi said it was the duty of every Sudanese citizen regardless of their parties and factions to rise against the government, saying that the regime fears the revolution of hungry people and holders of arms. Al-Turabi further called on leaders of the opposition forces to prepare for the revolution which he said would run for a long time and shed a lot of blood. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
