Head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and eventually appointed himself president-for-life. He has fallen out with his Islamic mentor, Hasan al-Turabi, tried to impose shariah on the Christian and animist south, resulting in its secessesion, and attempted to
ArabizeDarfur by unleashing the barbaric Janjaweed on it. Sudan's potential prosperity has been pissed away in warfare that has left as many as 400,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced. Omar has been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but nothing is expected to come of it.
called upon those who are demanding him to step down to prepare for the 2020 elections to reach power.
In a televised interview, al-Bashir added that his government had a popular mandate and came to power through elections supervised by a commission recognized by all political powers.
He pointed out that the current constitution is approved by all political powers, accusing those whom he described as saboteurs by trying to invest in protests to implement political agendas
The Sudanese president remarks come after he fired the minister of health Mohammed Abuzaid Mustafa for the high prices of medicine and for what the medical sector is going through.
For his part, Sudanese prime minister and minister of finance Motazz Moussa described the protests by the Sudanese youth as "a clear demands."
He clarified that his government is working on providing solutions to resolve the economic crisis.
Sudan’s PM considered the political interference in the protests in Sudan now as "indecent and condemned."
Moussa stressed that "the only way out of the Sudanese political crisis is to hold free and fair elections in 2020," pledging to accept "the people’s choice."
Moussa also announced that the problem of cash flow will be resolved at the end of February, and will be completed in March for good, saying that "the policies adopted by the government led to a decline in the dollar in the parallel market."