Sudanese minister: Solve the crisis through dialogue, not by imposing specific demands

Sudanese Minister of Information and Communication Hassan Ismail said that all the options that avoid the Sudanese situation of fragmentation, polarization and conflict are subject to research.

Ismail, who is also the official spokesman of the Sudanese government, said in an interview with Al-Jazeera in the program "Harvest" on Monday evening that political rivalry alone will prevent Sudan any slide towards security and political chaos and violence.

In response to the demand of opposition political parties to step down President Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese minister said that this is considered an imposition of opinion, and that the dialogue between the political parties is not in this manner.

He pointed out that those who call for the disbanding of the regime are proposing one solution: liquidating the government and presenting themselves as a single alternative, while this government is behind political parties that have more public weight than the opposition parties.

He pointed out that it is possible to discuss ideas such as not to nominate President Omar al-Bashir for the upcoming presidential elections, and to expand the rule of government, but he stressed that it is unacceptable to determine the political party of his political rival one fate, which is to drop him from the political scene.

Ismail said that the right choice to solve the crisis in Sudan is through dialogue and negotiation, and accused opponents of the Authority to close the door of dialogue, pointing to the Authority's willingness to provide guarantees to reassure parties in relation to the management of public affairs.

He pointed out in the same context that the emergence of party leaders along with the demonstrators is a positive to know the power with those who address, saying "it is better to talk a hundred years of fighting one year."

Regarding the alleged army response to security forces and preventing them from targeting the protesters in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum, the Sudanese minister said that if the security forces were not consistent with the fall of the regime since the first day.

Ismail earlier denied what he described as popular about Bashir stepping down from office and said its promoters were aiming for confusion.