Khartoum - Al Jazeera Net got the initial draft of the final political agreement between the military and civil forces in Sudan, which is expected to be signed in early April, paving the way for the formation of a civilian government on the eleventh of the same month and preceded by the signing of the transitional constitution on the sixth of it.

The preliminary draft agreement, which was handed over by the 11-member drafting committee on Sunday evening to army commanders Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Rapid Support Commander Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo "Hemedti" and the rest of the parties, came in 38 papers to comment on before signing the final agreement document.

The agreement document included general principles, issues and concerns of the transition as well as the structures of the transitional authority, as the parties expanded on the details of the disputed issues that had been carried over from the framework agreement signed on the fifth of December 2022.

Full text of the draft: Draft of the final agreement between the military and civilians in Sudan

Security and military reform has topped the political agreement, with military and civilian leaders still discussing the issue in a closed-door workshop expected to end next Wednesday.

However, the draft addressed the need to complete security reform in a way that leads to a unified professional army that protects the borders of the homeland and civilian democratic rule, distances the army from politics, and prohibits regular forces from engaging in commercial and investment business except for military manufacturing and military missions, provided that this is subject to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance.

In the item on transition tasks and issues, the agreement spoke of launching a comprehensive process to achieve justice and transitional justice that would expose crimes, hold perpetrators accountable, provide justice to victims, ensure no impunity and hand over those wanted by the International Criminal Court.

The draft also pointed to the need to stop the economic deterioration and continue the reform process, according to a development approach that addresses the living crisis, favors the poor, achieves the mandate of the Ministry of Finance over public funds and fights corruption.

The draft dealt with the agreement to dismantle the "June 1989, 25" system, dismantle its joints, and recover illegally obtained funds, while reviewing the decisions that annulled the decisions of the Empowerment Dismantling Committee, which the army commander froze in the context of the October 2021, <> procedures.


Power structures

The political agreement provided for five levels of governance, including the Transitional Legislative Council, the sovereign level, the Council of Ministers, the regions or states, and the local level.

According to the agreement, the PLC cannot be dissolved as an independent legislative authority consisting of 150 to 300 members, taking into account the broad representation of the Sudanese and excluding members of the dissolved National Congress Party and all its facades.

The agreement granted 25% of the seats in the PLC to the signatories to the peace agreement, and 75% of the seats were nominated by the political parties that signed the final agreement and the resistance committees.

The agreement defined the tasks of the Legislative Council in extensive detail, foremost of which is monitoring the performance of the government and the right to withdraw confidence from the Council of Ministers, its president or any of its members, in addition to enacting laws and legislation related to the tasks of the transitional period, freedoms and democratic transition.

The draft agreement talked about the Sovereignty Council, but did not refer to the nature of its composition, but said that it represents the head of state, represents the Supreme Commander of the regular forces, and assumes the tasks and competencies of appointing the Council of Ministers, governors and the Legislative Council after being chosen by the forces that signed the political agreement.

The Sovereign Council has the power to adopt a declaration of emergency at the request of the Council of Ministers, as well as the power to declare war based on a decision of the Council of Ministers and the approval of the Legislative Council.

With regard to the composition of the Council of Ministers, the agreement stipulates that the executive portfolios shall not exceed 26 ministries headed by national competencies, committed to the political agreement, provided that the Prime Minister consults with all the signatories to the agreement and announces his government within 30 days of his appointment.

The agreement stipulated that the membership of the Council of Ministers must be capable and qualified and not less than 25 years old, and did not talk about preventing partisans from holding office.


Army and Rapid Support

The political agreement devoted an expanded space to the regular forces and their tasks during the transitional period, and stipulated the formation of a security and defense council chaired by the Prime Minister - civilian - and includes in its membership the commanders of the army and the rapid support and the ministers of defense, finance, interior, justice, foreign affairs, representatives of armed struggle movements, the director of intelligence, the director of police, and the minister of federal governance.

The Council is responsible for developing a comprehensive security strategy to protect the security of the Sudanese people and overseeing plans to integrate and unify the military forces and movements that signed the peace agreement to create a single professional army, according to specific timetables.

The draft talked about the Rapid Support Forces as military forces affiliated with the army, and the law defines their objectives and tasks, and the head of state - civilian - is the commander-in-chief of the Rapid Support, provided that these forces are integrated into the armed forces according to the security and military reform plan, according to specific schedules.

Accessory protocols

The political agreement included 5 protocols that he considered an integral part of the agreement, including 5 issues that were elaborated in the agreement extensively, namely transitional justice, the dismantling of the June <> regime, the peace agreement, the issue of eastern Sudan, and security and military reform.

The peace agreement with the armed factions signed in Juba received the bulk of the details of the agreement by emphasizing the need to adhere to the implementation matrix of the terms of the agreement and was considered part of the constitutional arrangements and to be included in the interim constitution, which transcends the agreements and legislation below it.

The political agreement also addressed the need to complete the peace process by communicating with the rejectionist movements, including the Popular Movement led by Abdul Aziz Al-Hilu, so that the Declaration of Principles signed with the movement earlier would be the basis for any future negotiations.

The agreement gave an expanded space to the issues of displaced people, women, nomads and farmers, and did not neglect the issues of the displaced and those affected by the construction of dams and all the issues addressed in the peace agreement.