On Sunday evening, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok issued a decision to exempt the transitional government ministers from their posts, in preparation for announcing a new government formation on Monday.
"Based on the provisions of the constitutional document, the Prime Minister issued a decision to exempt state ministers in the transitional government from their posts, and end the assignment of ministers charged with discharging the burdens of ministries," the cabinet said in a statement.
The statement added that the ministers will remain in their positions to conduct business until the new government is formed and the handover and handover procedures are completed.
Earlier Sunday, the Council of Partners for the Transitional Period in Sudan agreed to announce the formation of the new government, on Monday, according to a statement by the Transitional Sovereign Council.
The Council of Partners includes 29 members, including the heads of the Sovereignty Council and the Ministers, as well as personalities from the ruling coalition and leaders of the Revolutionary Front movements that signed the peace agreement with the government on October 3.
The statement indicated that the new formation will not include the name of a minister of education, as consultations are still taking place regarding this ministry, which is one of the ministries designated for the parties to the peace process (the Revolutionary Front), in addition to 6 other ministries.
On January 28, the Teachers' Committee - the most prominent component of the Sudanese Professionals Association - announced its rejection of the partisan quota system for the ministry, and insisted on Minister Mohamed Al-Amin Al-Tom.
The new government was to be announced on Thursday, before the Council of Partners decided to postpone until the beginning of this week.
The step to reconfigure the government headed by Hamdok comes in compliance with the peace agreement on the basis of which the transitional councils were re-formed, to allow the signatories to participate in the transitional authority.
On August 21, 2019, a transitional period that will last for 53 months began in Sudan, ending with elections in early 2024, during which power will be shared by the army and the Coalition of Freedom and Change Forces.
Hamdok's government is the first in Sudan since the army leadership - on April 11, 2019 - removed former President Omar al-Bashir from the presidency (1989-2019), under pressure from popular protests condemning the deteriorating economic conditions.