Bashir issues 5 emergency orders amid growing protests
KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday issued two emergency orders giving wider powers to regular forces and incriminating corruption amid the growing protests across the African country, the presidency said in a statement.
Xinhua news agency reported that the first order gave the police, army and security forces the right to enter and search any building and person, monitor any property, and seize money, shops, commodities or anything suspected of violating the law.
The order also authorised the regular forces to restrict or organise the activities of people, means of transport and communication, and to arrest any person suspected of being involved in a crime relating to the state of emergency.
The second order prohibited any public employee from exploiting the authority or the influence of the public job to achieve personal interests or illegal benefits.
It prohibited the public employee from making any contracts or entering into any interactions that may pose commitments on the government against the legal purchase and contract regulations.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese president issued three emergency bans on public gatherings, dealing in foreign currency, and distribution, storage, sale and transport of petroleum products and subsidised commodities.
Al-Bashir on Friday declared state of emergency all over Sudan for one year and dissolved all governments on the central and state levels, amid the national protests since Dec 19 last year over the deteriorating economic conditions and price hikes of basic commodities.