Bashir closer to being president for life

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Sudanese President Omar Bashir's wish to extend his rule has moved closer to being a reality with lawmakers massively backing the scrapping of presidential term limits.

Some 294 lawmakers, majority of them members of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), Tuesday supported a constitutional amendment to allow the long-serving president be re-nominated for a third term in the office in 2020.