KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's transitional sovereignty councils and ministers on Thursday passed a law to dismantle the ousted president's regime into law.

State television published an urgent report on the adoption of the law during a joint meeting of the Councils of Sovereignty and Ministers.

Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk said in a blog post on his Facebook page that "the law of dismantling the former regime and removing empowerment is not a law of retaliation, but it is to preserve the dignity of this people after being exhausted by the despots' blows and tampered with its wealth and capabilities in the hands of some of the unscrupulous."

He added, "We passed this law in a joint meeting with our partners in the Sovereignty Council to take its full legitimacy, to establish justice and respect for the dignity of the people and to safeguard their gains."

In turn, the leader of the forces of freedom and change, Gedi Saleh - in a blog post on Facebook - that "the law includes the dissolution of the (National) Party and its institutions and organizations and all its facades and the dismantling of the state of the former regime."

Last Tuesday, the Sudanese cabinet approved a draft law to "dismantle" the regime of ousted president Omar al-Bashir and "remove empowerment" in state institutions. Since there is no parliament in Sudan, it is the Council of Sovereignty and the Ministers that authorize laws to take effect.

On November 4, the Freedom and Change Forces announced the completion of the draft law to dismantle the salvation system (the Bashir regime).