According to Al-Tijani Mustafa, a senior member of the Forces Freedom and Change (FFC) alliance, political forces in Sudan have arrived at an agreement on the structure of the new transitional government. Mustafa conveyed this to Sputnik on Monday.
“The important ministerial portfolios were distributed among concrete political forces, such as the National Uma Party and the Revolutionary Front,” Mustafa said. Umma, which used to be in opposition to the government of ex-president Omar Bashir, will get four seats in the new government, including the ministries of foreign affairs and energy, while the Revolutionary Front will get seven seats, according to Mustafa.
According to Mustafa, the Revolutionary Front will be given 7 seas while Umma who was in the opposition of government of ex-president Omar Bashir is due to get 4 seats including the foreign affairs and energy ministries in the new government. The FFC members announced that the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok will retain the occupant ministers of irrigation, justice and religious affairs in the new cabinet.
The contenders for the portfolios of the interior and defense ministries will be put forward by the Sudanese Military. It is reported that the final appointments of the new cabinet is expected to announce on Thursday.
In August 2019, the Sudanese military and civilian political forces agreed to a collaborative governance system following a coup and months of violent protests. They formed an institution, the Sovereign Council, with equal military-civilian representation and rotating chairmanship to govern the country for the next 39 months of the transition period.
In August of 2019, civilian political forces agreed to a corroborative governance system with the Sudanese military. This agreement followed many months of violent protests and a coup. The corroboration was the forming of an institution called the Sovereign Council which included equal military representation and the chairmanship to be rotated for the ensuing 39 months of the transition period.
Last July, seven transitional ministers were dismissed amid criticism of their professional performance and replaced with interim charges d’affaires. In July of 2020 seven transitional ministers were discharged of their duties amid heavy criticism of the professional performance and was replaced with interim charges d’affaires.
In January, the political forces were cautioned by the Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Mr. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, that delays of nomination of new cabinet appointees due to constant disagreements, the appointments would be made under an emergency rule.
