Under the title "Sudan Decides to Surrender Suspects to the International Criminal Court: What Will Happen to Bashir?", Sky News reported that the Sudanese Cabinet decided on Saturday evening to surrender suspects charged with war crimes in the Darfur region of western Sudan to the International Criminal Court. However, the fate of the ousted President Omar Bashir has not yet been revealed. The Sudanese government announced it has decided to surrender five individuals accused of war crimes in Darfur to the ICC in The Hague. Among those wanted are former President Omar Bashir, his assistant Ahmad Harun, and former Minister of Defense Abdel-Rahim Mohammad Hussein, all of whom are currently detained in Kober Prison in eastern Khartoum.
However, the Sudanese government did not clarify whether Bashir is among these individuals, nor did it set a date for their surrender, indicating that this process will take time due to other cases related to Sudan. Federal Governance Minister Bethina Dinar confirmed that the government is awaiting the completion of the surrender procedures, which depend on the ICC's responses regarding how the surrender process will be conducted before the government offers its approval.
Last year, the ICC requested Sudan to hand over suspects, including Bashir, for their trial concerning war crimes committed in Darfur, which have resulted in the deaths of more than 300,000 people, according to the United Nations.
Dinar addressed the media following an extensive three-day government meeting that reviewed the overall situation in the country.
**Package of Decisions**
In the same conference, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Khalid Omar announced that the council has taken a package of decisions across five axes: economy, peace, justice, security and military, and foreign relations. He noted the approval of an executive plan for the upcoming six months, along with an urgent plan for the following two months.
He emphasized that the council is committed to working with all parties to ensure the formation of the legislative council within less than a month. He also announced the completion of preparing two draft laws: one for the Election Commission and another for the Constitutional Commission, within a month at most, as well as the preparation of a draft law for the Supreme Judiciary Council within a month at most.
**Justice and the Dismantling of the Previous Regime**
The council expressed its support for the Committee to Dismantle the Previous Regime, which was established after the fall of Bashir’s government in April 2019. The committee has, over the past period, succeeded in recovering assets, properties, and companies seized by elements of the former regime, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
Last week, the committee announced the arrest of bank managers, employees, and major companies involved in currency trading and activities harmful to the economy, closing dozens of suspicious accounts. The committee also seized phones belonging to several leaders of the former regime incarcerated in Kober Prison and revealed communications and arrangements for dangerous plans by the Brotherhood aimed at plunging the country into chaos.
The government also affirmed its support for the national commission investigating the crime of dispersing the protest sit-in in front of the army's general command in June 2019, enabling them to complete their work. The committee, led by lawyer Nabil Adeeb, faces widespread public anger amid accusations of attempting to delay the truth by prolonging the final report on this crime, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of youth.
