{"id":177490,"date":"2017-10-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-s-defence-and-security-budget-slated\/"},"modified":"2017-10-04T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T13:00:00","slug":"sudan-s-defence-and-security-budget-slated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-s-defence-and-security-budget-slated","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s defence and security budget slated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of Parliament have criticised the state defence and security budget during deliberations following Sudan President Omar Al Bashir’s address on Monday<\/a> to the National Assembly, composed of the Parliament and the State Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MPs specifically criticised the allocation of three quarters of the state budget for security and defence instead of development and services.<\/p>\n

They pointed out that the reason for the budget deficit is security chaos which has resulted in a rise in consumer prices for commodities such as meat and sugar by up to 100 per cent, and a rise in medicine prices of up to 140 per cent.<\/p>\n

MP Eisa Ali Ajab said that the citizens have lost credibility in the executive branch. “The disruption of security in entire provinces has led to the allocation of three-quarters of the budget for the security sector,” he said, “but measures taken to collect weapons are insufficient to achieve security.”<\/p>\n

Exemption<\/strong><\/p>\n

MP Ismail Yousif demanded exemption for the areas adjacent to South Kordofan from the collection of weapons, or the formation of reserve forces to secure the pastoralists in the area.<\/p>\n

He described the method of collecting weapons as unsuccessful because of threats and intimidation.<\/p>\n

He demanded that weapons be collected in the best way possible and that the native administration leaders should be released from prison.<\/p>\n

The head of the parliamentary Social Affairs Committee, El Tayeb El Ghazali, said the biggest challenge now is the people's livelihood.<\/p>\n

He criticised the rise of prices of consumer goods, medicines and the higher and private education fees.<\/p>\n