The Transitional Legislative Council of Sudan ( ar, المجلس التشريعي الانتقالي السوداني ''al majlis al tashrieiu al aintiqaliu al sudaniu'') is an interim
legislative
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government.
Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...
body to be formed in
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
as part of the
2019–2024 Sudanese transition to democracy.
Background
Following a
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
in April 2019, both houses of the
National Legislature of Sudan
The National Legislature ( ar, المجلس التشريعي السوداني, ''Al-Maǧlis al-Ttašriyʿiy'') is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of the Sudan.
Prior to the 2019 coup d'état, the National Legislature ...
were dissolved and a
Transitional Military Council was formed. In July 2019, the Transitional Military Council and the
Forces of Freedom and Change
The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC, also ''Alliance for Freedom and Change'', or AFC, and ''Declaration of Freedom and Change'', or DFC; ar, قوى إعلان الحرية والتغيير) is a wide political coalition of civilian and rebel ...
coalition of civil society organisations agreed a constitutional declaration for a transition to an elected government in
2022
File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...
. Under the terms of this agreement, a transitional government is to be appointed and a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed.
Composition
Under the terms of the constitutional declaration, the Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed within three months of the declaration entering into force. The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) group will nominate two-thirds of the members of the council with the remaining third appointed by "other forces". The council is to have no more than 300 members of which a minimum of 40% should be women. Members of the
National Congress Party are not permitted to be members of the council. Other criteria for membership are being a Sudanese national, at least 21 years old, not having been convicted of a criminal offence, possessing integrity and competence and being able to read and write.
Lebanese academic
Gilbert Achcar credits the
No to Oppression against Women Initiative and
Women of Sudanese Civic and Political Groups for having been influential in obtaining the 40% quota for women.
In November 2019, the FFC stated that the distribution of seats would be proportional to the population distribution, "taking into account the representation of all communities in Sudan".
Following the signing of a peace agreement signed on 31 August 2020 between the Transitional Government of Sudan and rebel factions in
Darfur,
South Kordofan
South Kordofan ( ar, جنوب كردفان ') is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 158,355 km² and an estimated population of approximately 1,100,000 people (2000).[Blue Nile State
Blue Nile ( ar, النيل الأزرق ') is one of the eighteen states of the Republic of the Sudan. It was established by presidential decree nº 3 in 1992 and is named after the Blue Nile River.
The region is host to around forty different ...]
, a quarter of seats on the council will be reserved for the members of those factions.
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See also
* Sudanese Revolution
References
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Government of Sudan
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
Sudanese Revolution