SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - FFC economic body rejects Sudan budget amendment

24/7/2020: Sudan Tribune - FFC economic body rejects Sudan budget amendment

 Sudan Tribune report that the Economic Committee of the Forces of Freedom and Change Forces (FFC) announced its rejection of the government’s budget amendment, saying that it ignores the demands of the June 30 demonstrations by continuing IMF policies that “destroyed the national economy and impoverished the masses.”

 The FFC Economic Committee said increases in commercial fuel, dollar prices and salaries without “real resources” contradict budgetary laws, with budget being similar to the December 2019 budget approved during al-Bashir’s regime, which eventually collapsed the currency exchange rate and raised inflation to over %130. The committee presents an alternative national programme based on the mobilisation of resources inherent in the national economy.

 Committee member and senior Communist Party member Sidgi Kaballo said the government does not consult them on economic policies, and that the budget aims to increase fuel prices and liberalise the exchange rate.