Sudan's ruling party says peaceful demonstrations constitutional
Xinhua,January 18, 2018 Adjust font size:
KHARTOUM, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday said peaceful demonstrations against prices hike is a constitutional right and do not bother the party.
"Peaceful demonstrations are constitutional right and a political expression that does not bother the party," said Kabashour Koko, Chairman of NCP's Shura (consultation) Council.
"However, any disorder or sabotage against State or private properties should not be allowed," he added.
Koko further acknowledged that there is an economic crisis with negative effects in citizens, saying "there are arrangements, procedures and some revisions."
The Sudanese police and security authorities on Tuesday and Wednesday dispersed hundreds of protesters who demonstrated against prices hike.
On Wednesday, hundreds of protesters demonstrated in Omdurman city in response to a call by Sudan's opposition National Umma Party, while on Tuesday similar protests took place in the capital Khartoum near the Presidential Palace in response to a call by the opposition Communist Party.
Late last December, the Sudanese parliament approved the general budget for 2018, which included devaluating the Sudanese pound against the U.S. dollar, with one dollar exchanging 18 Sudanese pounds from 6.9 Sudanese pounds, besides raising the electricity tariff for the industry, agriculture and trade sectors and liberalizing the price of wheat. Enditem