Bashir Delivers Optimistic Reconciliatory Inaugural Speech

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President Omar Bashir who was sworn in before the parliament on Tuesday delivered a speech in which he promised achieving peace and halting blood shedding in conflict area.

Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir voting in Sudanese elections on 11 April at St. Francis School, Khartoum. Photo Credit: Mohamed Siddig/UNMIS
Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir voting in Sudanese elections on 11 April at St. Francis School, Khartoum. Photo Credit: Mohamed Siddig/UNMIS

In a ceremony attended by the heads of state from Egypt, Chad, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Djibouti and Somalia, beside representatives from Arab and African states, the president renewed his commitment that he would be president for all Sudanese people irrespective of those who participated or boycotted the elections as this was a constitutional rights exercised by all people.

President Bashir told the legislature, following his sworn in as president for a new term, that he would remain loyal to the Sudan and the Sudanese people and that he would do all he could to serve his homeland.

Bashir reaffirmed that the general and presidential elections were conducted in a free and fair climate under the supervision and observation of regional and international observers and that this would remain a source of pride for the Sudanese people.

President Bashir commended all those who participated in the process, with special reference to the Sudanese people who took part in that national action that showed the resolve of the Sudanese people and their commitment to the peaceful exchange of power through the ballot boxes. He thanked the Sudanese people who put their faith on him.