The Alliance for Change, which is made up of independent members of the Sudanese parliament, condemned as “unconstitutional” Sudan’s participation in the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen.
Sudan's Radio Dabanga report on Monday: "Dispatching Sudanese army soldiers and members of the Rapid Support Forces is an unconstitutional measure, and carried out without having been remitted to the parliament."
In a statement the lawmakers said: "Sudan should not interfere in the affairs of other countries."
Abulgasim Burtom, the chairman of the Alliance for Change, said: “The Interim Constitution of Sudan is clear: The president of the Republic has no right to decide to send an army [to fight] abroad.”
Burtom stressed that Sudan “should opt for balanced relations with other countries that serve the interests of Sudan.”
He also called on the government “to appropriately compensate the families of the troops who have died or have been injured in Yemen.”
The Saudi-led war was launched in March 2015 to reinstate a former fugitive president who was loyal to Riyadh. The Saudi-led coalition has failed to achieve that goal despite its superior military power, and has been bogged down in a Vietnam-style quagmire.
The Yemeni Ministry of Human Rights announced in a statement on 25 March that the Saudi-led war has left 600,000 civilians dead and injured in the past three years. Famine and cholera have also devastated the country.
