The Taqadum political coalition asks Interpol not to issue the requested arrest warrants because they are “unfounded”
September 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Sudanese authorities have claimed to have evidence of the involvement of former transitional Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and other senior members of the Taqadum political coalition in “war crimes” and have called on Interpol to issue an arrest warrant against the former president and other leaders of the party.
Sudan’s Attorney General Faz al-Taifur told Qatari television that Khartoum has “information, videos, documents and forensic evidence” to support the charges against senior Taqadum officials. “We will present them to the courts,” he said.
Sudanese authorities have charged Hamdok and 15 other senior Taqadum officials with war crimes, genocide, ethnic cleansing and forced cleansing on the grounds that he provides political cover for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been locked in a conflict with the Sudanese army since April 2023.
“There are divided roles between the rebel militia and its political supporters, active abroad to support this rebel faction, to which they are linked,” said Taifur, who stressed that the former prime minister and the other defendants will be tried in Sudan “once they are arrested by Interpol.”
He also stressed that the Prosecutor’s Office does not make distinctions in its investigations and stressed that ten members of the Army have had their “immunity” withdrawn for their responsibility in possible crimes in the context of the conflict, including cases of murder.
In response, Taqadum posted a statement on his Facebook account warning of “imminent threats” against the coalition leadership, including Hamdok, and stressed that the request to Interpol to issue arrest warrants is “unfounded”, “unjustified” and “politically motivated.”
“It is based on trumped-up charges, including serious accusations such as undermining the constitutional order, genocide, incitement and supporting anti-state actions,” he said, adding that these requests “set a dangerous precedent for manipulating the international system for political ends.”
Sudan is in the throes of a civil war following hostilities that broke out in April 2023 amid heightened tensions over the integration of the RSF into the armed forces, a key part of an agreement signed in December 2022 to form a new civilian government and revive the open transition following the 2019 overthrow of Omar Hassan al-Bashir, damaged by the October 2021 coup that ousted Hamdok.
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