KHARTOUM,
Sudan
Sudan has
fired scores of diplomats for alleged links to the administration of toppled
President Omar al-Bashir, a legal committee said on Saturday.
The Empowerment Removal
Committee was formed under a law introduced in November to dismantle the system
built by Bashir, who was ousted in April last year after nearly three decades
in power.
Dictator Omar Al Bashir |
“One-hundred-and-nine
ambassadors, diplomats and administrators were fired from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, and those were appointed through political and social
empowerment,” Mohamed al-Faki, deputy head of the committee, told a news
conference in the capital, Khartoum.
Some
of the diplomats were appointed by Bashir himself and the others were picked
through his now dissolved National Congress Party, said Taha Othman, a member
of the committee.
Earlier
this month, the committee dissolved the boards of the country’s central bank
and 11 other state-owned banks and fired the managers of eight of the banks.
It
also seized the assets of the former ruling party last month.
The
Empowerment Removal Committee was formed under a law introduced in November to
dismantle the system built by Bashir, who was ousted in April last year after
nearly three decades in power.
“One-hundred-and-nine
ambassadors, diplomats and administrators were fired from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, and those were appointed through political and social
empowerment,” Mohamed al-Faki, deputy head of the committee, told a news
conference in the capital, Khartoum.
Some
of the diplomats were appointed by Bashir himself and the others were picked
through his now dissolved National Congress Party, said Taha Othman, a member
of the committee.
Earlier
this month, the committee dissolved the boards of the country’s central bank
and 11 other state-owned banks and fired the managers of eight of the banks.
It
also seized the assets of the former ruling party last month. - Reuters
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