Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Mohammed Taha on Monday rejected International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's allegations against President Omar al-Bashir, dismissing them as "null and false."
Speaking at a press conference held Monday in response to the ICC prosecutor's request to issue an arrest warrant against President Bashir for alleged war crimes in Darfur, Taha stressed that the court has no jurisdiction in his country, and Sudan never recognizes the court.
The ICC move is a politically-motivated one against Sudan instead of a legal one, he pointed out.
The conflicts between different tribal groups in Darfur are originated from disputes over land and water, which have begun before President Bashir rose to power, and are by no means ethnically based, he said.
Therefore the ICC allegation that president Bashir "masterminded a genocidal campaign" to wipe out ethnic groups in Darfur is intended deliberately "to foment sedition" between the Arab and African ethnic descents in the region.
According to earlier reports, the ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday formally requested an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
Source:Xinhua
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