[SUDANTRIBUNE] Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok voiced his opposition to the military business activities in the economic sector and described it as "unacceptable". Dunno why. It works so well for Pakistain.
The former regime weakened the national economy and promoted corruption through the development of military businesses as it now controls over 250 big companies working in vital economic production areas such gold mining, Gum Arabic, meat exportation, flour milling industry, sesame etc...
These enterprises are exempted from production and profit taxes and operating in total opacity.
The head of the transitional Sovereign Council and the commander in chief of the armed forces refuses to transfer these firms to the civilian government. Nonetheless, he accepted some transparency and to pay taxes.
"All armies of the world have a relationship with investment but in the defence fields. As for the investment of the military institution in the production sector, it is unacceptable," said Hamdok in a presser about Sudan’s rescission from the State Sponsor of Terrorism list on Monday.
He pointed out that there are many proposals to deal with the current situation, including the transfer of the businesses of the military institution to public joint-stock companies to be managed professionally in total transparency under the oversight of the civilian government.
"Transparency is required in governmental companies, and the resources of the Sudanese people cannot be managed without transparency and accountability," he strongly emphasized.
The prime minister kept a low profile over this sensitive matter during the past period pushing his former minister of economy to say in July 2020 after his resignation that Hamdok was not enthusiastic to take the control of the military businesses.
In April 2020, the Prime Minister was briefed by the army about the activities of the industrial and commercial companies of the Sudanese army by the Military Industry Corporation (MIC)
At the time, military officials told Sudan Tribune that the meeting discussed the conversion of the business activities into public joint-stock companies under the Civil Code and observing the rules of transparency and oversight.
However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... the military stressed that these companies would continue to belong to the army but they would not transfer it to the ministry of finance.
Hamdok welcomed the Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020 (SDTAFTA) which calls to transfer the business activities to the civilian government.
He said that this law is "important" and would help establish the democratic rule in the country, pointing out that they welcome all forms of assistance from the international community.
But it is important for Sudanese to complete their own experience, he further added.
The SDTAFTA is incorporated in the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2021 which was passed by the House and Senate by a veto-proof majority. But, the outgoing President Trump vowed to not sign it. So, it would just a matter of time before to be made effective by the Congress.
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[SYRIAHR] SOHR sources say that the mercenaries issue in Azerbaijan has ended, as the latest batches of fighters have returned to Syria after some 825 fighters of Ankara-backed factions remained there. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... the fate of nearly 240 fighters transferred to Azerbaijan remains unknown, as it is not known whether they were killed, captured, relocated or remained there.
It is worth nothing that the number of mercenaries transferred to Azerbaijan by the Ottoman Turkish government, has reached 2,580 fighters, of whom 514 were killed and others were captured. Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, the gondola was dangling by a single thread of rope.
Jack! Cynthia cried. I just realized I'm afraid of heights! I don't even like high heels!... the fate of 240 fighters remains unknown to date, while the rest returned to Syria as their mission ended and the Azerbaijani government refused to maintain them in Azerbaijan.
On December 3, the Syrian Observatory obtained new details on the case of Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries in Azerbaijan from several fighters who recently returned from Nagorno-Karabakh to Syria. According to SOHR sources, the fighters who had returned to Syria received varying payments, as some were given 3,500 USD and 600 TL, another group was given 1,000 USD and 1,000 TL each, while some others were given two payments of an estimated 5,000 TL. Furthermore, all the fighters confirmed that there were "unpaid sums of money" that were supposed to be given to these fighters in the next few days.
On the other hand, SOHR sources say that the number of Syrian mercenaries killed in Azerbaijan exceeded the number of those killed in Libya, as the corpse count of the Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries in Azerbaijan has reached 541. In Libya, however, the corpse count is 468 fighters.
Observatory sources have also confirmed that further bodies of Syrian fighters killed in Nagorno-Karabakh battles have arrived in Syria with the recent batches of returnees, bringing the number of fighters whose bodies were brought to Syria to 340.
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