{"id":184302,"date":"2014-10-09T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/al-bashir-should-take-kenyan-president-as-example-sudan-rebels\/"},"modified":"2014-10-09T14:04:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T14:04:00","slug":"al-bashir-should-take-kenyan-president-as-example-sudan-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/al-bashir-should-take-kenyan-president-as-example-sudan-rebels","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Al Bashir should take Kenyan President as example\u2019: Sudan rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebel alliance has called on President Omar Al Bashir to take the action by Kenyan President Ahuru Kenyatta as an example, and appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.<\/p>\n

Yasir Arman, SRF secretary of foreign relations and secretary-general of the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-North, described Kenyatta\u2019s decision to temporarily step down as president, and appear before the Court as \u201ca private citizen\u201d on Wednesday, as \u201cbrave\u201d, and \u201ca token of his moral and political integrity\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kenyatta (52) faces five counts of crimes against humanity, for allegedly orchestrating violence after the disputed presidential elections of 2007 that left more than 1,200 dead, and caused the displacement of about 600,000 Kenyans.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Dabanga, Arman said that Kenyatta weighs the interests of the Kenyan people above his personal interests, \u201ceven though he was elected democratically\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Al Bashir took power by a military coup in 1989, and clung to power by widespread acts of violence since then. He divided the Sudanese on the bases of ethnicity and religion, destroyed the country\u2019s entire social fabric, and impoverished the majority of the people to far below international poverty levels. Al Bashir is not only selfish and greedy, but also a coward\u201d.<\/p>\n

Arrest warrant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week, the prosecutor of the ICC, Fatima Bensouda, requested the Saudi Arabian authorities to arrest President Omar Al Bashir, who went to Mecca for his annual performance of the hajj.<\/p>\n

The head of the Secretariat of Justice of the ruling National Congress Party, El Fadel Haj Suleiman, called the request as \u201can attempt to drive a wedge between Khartoum and Riyadh\u201d, and \u201can insult to Saudi Arabia\u201d.  <\/p>\n

The Sudanese president faces ten counts on the basis of his individual criminal responsibility under Article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute as an indirect (co) perpetrator, including five counts of crimes against humanity, two counts of war crimes, and three counts of genocide.<\/p>\n

File <\/em>photo: <\/em>Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta at the ICC on Wednesday. (Peter Dejong\/AP)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Related: <\/em>ICC judges issue second warrant: Sudanese president wanted for genocide<\/a> (12 July 2010)<\/p>\n

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