Sudanese factions agree to form transitional civilian government on April 11th

The spokesman for the political process in Sudan, Khaled Omar Youssef, announced at a press conference that the parties to the framework agreement agreed to sign the final agreement on the first of next April.

Youssef added that the parties agreed to form a committee to draft a new constitution of 11 people, including nine members of civilian groups, one from the army and another from the Rapid Support Forces, and 9% of the committee's members would be women.

He also said that the parties also agreed to sign the interim constitution on April 11, and to form the institutions of the transitional authority (the new government) on the <>th of the same month.

The meeting gave the committee until March 27 to finalize the final drafting of the final political agreement, he said.

The spokesman for the political process confirmed that the meeting took place on Sunday evening in the presence of the President of the Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hemedti), the civil forces that signed the framework agreement and international facilitators, and they approved the formation of a committee to draft the final agreement, and the liaison committee with the forces rejecting the framework agreement.

On the eighth of last January, the final phase of the political process began between the signatories of the framework agreement concluded on the fifth of last December between the ruling Military Sovereignty Council and civilian forces, to reach an agreement that solves the crisis in the country.

The forces that signed the framework agreement with the Sovereign Council are the Declaration of Freedom and Change (Central Council), other political forces (the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the People's Congress), civil society organizations and armed movements under the banner of the Revolutionary Front.

The ongoing political process in Sudan aims to resolve a crisis that has dragged on since 25 October 2021, when army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan imposed exceptional measures, including the dissolution of the Sovereign Council and transitional ministers and the declaration of a state of emergency.

Prior to Burhan's exceptional measures, Sudan began on August 21, 2019, a transitional phase that was scheduled to end with elections in early 2024, during which power would be shared by the army, civilian forces, and armed movements that signed the Juba Peace Agreement with the government in 2020.