Transitional Legislative Council (Sudan)

The Transitional Legislative Council of Sudan, (Arabic: المجلس التشريعي الانتقالي السوداني‎ al majlis al tashrieiu al aintiqaliu al sudaniu), is an interim legislative body to be formed in Sudan as part of the 2019–2022 Sudanese transition to democracy.[3]

Transitional Legislative Council of Sudan المجلس التشريعي الانتقالي السوداني
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	TBA
Seats	300 (planned)[1][2]
Meeting place
Khartoum

Background

Following a coup d'état in April 2019, both houses of the National Legislature of Sudan were dissolved and a Transitional Military Council was formed. In July 2019, the Transitional Military Council and the Forces of Freedom and Change coalition of civil society organisations agreed a constitutional declaration for a transition to an elected government in 2022. Under the terms of this agreement, a transitional government is to be appointed and a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed.[4]

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.[5][1]

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.[6]

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".[7] 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 and Blue Nile State, a quarter of seats on the council will be reserved for the members of those factions.[8]

See also

• Sudanese Revolution

References

1. FFC; TMC; IDEA; Reeves, Eric (2019-08-10). "Sudan: Draft Constitutional Charter for the 2019 Transitional Period". sudanreeves.org. Archived from the original on 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
2. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sudan-darfur/sudan-signs-peace-deal-with-key-rebel-groups-some-hold-out-idUKKBN25R14T
3. "Sudan protest leaders, military sign transitional government deal". www.aljazeera.com.
4. Change, Transitional Military Council and Forces of Freedom and. "Political Agreement on establishing the structures and institutions of the transitional period between the Transitional Military Council and the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces" – via Wikisource.
5. FFC; TMC (2019-08-04). "(الدستوري Declaration (العربية))" [(Constitutional Declaration)] (PDF). raisethevoices.org (in Arabic). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
6. Achcar, Gilbert (2019). "The seasons after the Arab Spring". Le Monde Diplomatique. Archived from the original on 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
7. "Juba peace talks between Sudan govt, rebels postponed". Radio Dabanga. 2019-11-20. Archived from the original on 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
8. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sudan-darfur/sudan-signs-peace-deal-with-key-rebel-groups-some-hold-out-idUKKBN25R14T