Sudan: Bashir - 'We Pay Political Price for Financial Measures'

15 November 2016

Khartoum / Abu Jubeiha — A historically low exchange rate for the Sudanese pound marks the effects of recent economic measures. President Omar Al Bashir has justified the lifting of fuel subsidies for fear of the collapse of the State.

"We have two options: either the collapse of the State or to increase the prices," the President said during a meeting with the high commanders of the Sudanese army on Monday. His spokesman told the press that the President knows that these procedures "will cost us a political price and we are not afraid to do so".

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