SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan’s Islamist PCP supports al-Bashir handover to ICC

12/11/19: Multiple sources – Sudan’s Islamist PCP supports al-Bashir handover to ICC

• Radio Dabanga

• Sudan Tribune

Sudan Tribune reports that Ali al-Haj, the Secretary-General of the Islamist Popular Congress Party (PCP), voiced his party’s support for the handover of ousted President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

 "Since the time of its late founder, Hassan al-Turabi, the PCP has demanded that Bashir surrender himself to the Court and respond to the charges directed against him of responsibility for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide," al-Haj told a news conference.

 To explain his position the PCP leader further said, "There are no courts (in the country) that can try al-Bashir, especially since the justice institutions in Sudan are not yet completed."

 "Handing al-Bashir over to the ICC is an old demand that reflects our vision," he stressed.

 The PCP was part of the al-Bashir government until the collapse of his regime. Also, al-Haj had refused calls by the Party’s youth to join the revolution.