{{Sudanese president, Omer Hassan al-Bashir has hinted today that he could run for re-election in the upcoming presidential elections on the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) ticket.}}<\/p>\n
Last March, Bashir reiterated his past intentions to step down at the end of his term in 2015 saying that Sudan is in need of \u201cfresh blood\u201d and that he spent enough time in power.<\/p>\n
At the time several officials, including Bashir\u2019s second vice-president al-Haj Adam Youssef, said that it is not up to Bashir to make a decision on his political future but the NCP.<\/p>\n
Al-Bashir, who was addressing the NCP\u2019s Shura Council seventh session on Friday, said that the media made conclusions on the issue of his candidacy without being fully informed adding that his re-election will be determined by the NCP\u2019s General Convention and the Shura Council.<\/p>\n
The head of the NCP\u2019s Shura Council, Abu Ali Majzoub, on his part asserted that the NCP will nominate Bashir again in 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not approve any candidate other than Bashir\u201d, and addressed Bashir saying \u201cWe will only accept you, and we want you to continue holding the torch\u201d.<\/p>\n
Bashir said that the NCP will review its statute in preparation for the 2015 general elections and urged the opposition parties to get ready for the polls instead of working overthrow the government.<\/p>\n
He went on to say that if the opposition aims at organizing mass street protests with the aim of having army will take its side “we tell them that we are not the Socialist Union (SU)”.<\/p>\n
The Sudanese leader was referring to the SU which was the ruling party during the regime of Sudan\u2019s ex-president Gaafar Al-Nmeiri who was deposed after a popular uprising in April 1985 prompting the army to abandon him.<\/p>\n
On the economic front, Bashir pointed out that the government\u2019s tab for subsidizing fuel, wheat, and electricity amounts to 14 billion pound SDG ($ 3.2 billion), while the government budget is 25 billion pound SDG ($ 6.4 billion).<\/p>\n
Last year, the government launched a package of tough austerity measures, including scaling back fuel subsidies to close a fiscal gap, sparking short-lived protests.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Sudan\u2019s minister of finance and national economy Ali Mahmoud Abdel-Rasool urged the parliament to authorize gradual lifting of subsidies in order to reduce inflation.<\/p>\n
Sudan\u2019s finances have tightened since oil-rich South Sudan seceded from the north in July 2011. The new state contained 75% of the country\u2019s pre-partition oil reserves.<\/p>\n
Bashir also spoke of the new constitution that is being formulated and said that government is consulting several stakeholders so that the law of the land accommodates all political forces \u201cexcept those who refuse\u201d.<\/p>\n
The opposition vowed not to take part in the process unless the NCP agrees to cede power and form a transitional government that prepares the country for elections.<\/p>\n
Sudan is currently governed by an interim constitution which was ratified following signing the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) with South Sudan rebels.<\/p>\n
Bashir stressed that Sudan will continue its fight against the world which is he said controlled by the Zionist alliances and scoffed at the concept of \u201cinternational justice\u201d saying it is run by the U.S.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue to exist against their will\u201d said Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on genocide charges related to the Darfur conflict that broke out in 2033.<\/p>\n
The Sudanese president acknowledged that his government had in the past provided support for rebel groups fighting the government of South Sudan.<\/p>\n
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