SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s former finance minister discloses reasons of his disguised dismissal
Sudan Tribune report that Ibrahim al-Badawi, Sudan’s former Finance Minister attributes his recent resignation to a dispute with Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok over the implementation of the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) he negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In five-page statement addressed to the public, Al-Badawi said he requested “a full delegation of powers” over specific areas to avoid "conflicts of authority,” in light of differences with Hamdok over important issues whereby “the specialised technical opinion was not respected.”
Al-Badawi also attributed the finance ministry’s inability to manage its liquidity and meet the needs of Sudan’s economy to difficulties controlling tax-exempt military businesses. Nonetheless, al-Badawi expressed hope that his “testimony" will be seen as "one of the lessons learned" during the transitional period, calling for clarity in the future as the upcoming period “will witness difficult decisions to enforce profound economic transformations.”
*The article notes that leftist groups within Sudan’s Forces of Freedom and Change opposed al-Badawi’s IMF-backed subsidy cuts.
*Sources close to the file say that NUP now demands to be given the finance ministry to ensure that IMF-supported reforms will be fully implemented.