Power and politics corrupted Islamists in Sudan: Bashir
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May 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese President Omer Hassan al-Bashir
hit out at members of the his party’s Islamist base saying that power
and politics corrupted them.
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Sudanese President Omer Hassan al-Bashir (Reuters)
Bashir made the remarks before the Shura [Consultative] council of the
Islamist movement in Khartoum on Friday with the participation of 300
members.
It was notable the absence of Bashir’s assistant Nafie Ali Nafie and
his adviser Ghazi Salah al-Deen, both of who are leading figures in
the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Islamist movement.
The meeting endorsed a new constitution for the Islamist movement
which for the first time defined itself as an intellectual body with
goals it seeks to achieve. It also stated that the movement has a
party that works to further it aims and administer its performance
without explicitly mentioning the NCP.
In rare criticism, Bashir said the movement deviated from its values
and the fundamental goal of applying the Islamic Shar’ia law.
The conference witnessed intense deliberations that lasted for eight
hours and agreed on close coordination between the NCP, government and
Islamist movement through a body that brings representatives of all
these organs together.
It was also agreed that the general convention would be held before
the end of this year to select a new Secretary General to replace Ail
Osman Taha who is also Bashir’s First Vice President who cannot exceed
the two terms limit.
Last year cracks in the NCP appeared to emerge last year after members
of the party and the Islamist movement reportedly submitted several
memos to the party’s leadership calling for reforms.
The leaked memos underscored the urgency of addressing widespread
corruption, establishing a citizenship-based state and banning the
combination of party positions with constitutional positions.
But Bashir in an interview earlier this year dismissed the calls and
suggested that those who stand behind it can be held accountable.
Bashir came to power through a bloodless coup that was masterminded by
the National Islamic Front (NIF) led by Hassan al-Turabi.
But the two men fell out together in a bitter power struggle that
started in 1999. Since then Turabi has been in and out of jail but was
released along with all other political prisoners after a north-south
peace deal in 2005.
Turabi is now one of the fiercest critics of the NCP-led government.
He is been accused by Khartoum of being the figure behind the Darfur
Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) that has been fighting the central
government since 2003.
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