February 27, 2009 (KHARTOUM) — Sadiq Al-Mahdi has been reelected at the head of the Umma Party on Friday.
Without real contender, Al-Mahdi, 74, is elected during the Seventh Convention of the Umma party, five months before the first general election since the Islamist 1989 coup d’état.
The election committee rejection the candidacy of another member called Mohamed Hassan, because he is living in Saudi Arabia.
Sadiq Al-Mahdi who is the chairman of the party since 1964, expressed his willingness to relinquish the presidency of the party, a speech before the convention in the first day, saying the Umma party has competent people able to lead the political organization.
In 1966, at the age of 31, he became Sudan’s youngest elected Prime Minister.
Elected as Prime Minister of Sudan in 1986, his government was overthrown by a military coup d’état led by the Brigadier Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on June 30, 1989.
(ST)
Are Arabs evil simply because they are Arabs?
Tuesday 9 February 2010
By Zechariah Manyok Biar February 8, 2010 — The struggle for freedom is a complicated thing. Oppressed people who struggle for freedom can sometimes turn oppressors if they are not careful in the (...)
When did the SPLM turn separatist?
Monday 8 February 2010
By Charles B. Kisanga February 7, 2010 — In their desperate attempt to mislead Southern opinion, Salva Kiir and the clique around him are going around claiming that they are the champions of the (...)
Maintain Arman candidacy for Sudanese presidency
Sunday 7 February 2010
By Koang Tut Jing February 6, 2010 — The National Congress Party’s latest political maneuvering must not blindfolds the SPLM from looking outside the box. The endorsement of Kiir by the NCP (...)