According to an official spokeswoman, Sudan will elect a new government on April 11.
March 20, 2023Tweet
Khalid Omer, the process' spokesman, announced that Sudanese civilian officials and military commanders have agreed to sign a final agreement in April paving the way for the transfer of power to civilians. The second meeting approved the formation of an eleven-member committee to draft the final agreement, including nine representatives of the signatory civilian forces, a representative of the national army and another from the paramilitary RSF. The signing of the transitional constitution will take place on the sixth of April, while the formation of the institutions of the transitional authority will be on the 11th of April. The non-signatories were invited to Sunday's meetings, but they did not attend. A committee has been formed to reach out to the non-participating groups.
The Democratic Bloc did not participate in a meeting organised by the Trilateral Mechanism. The Democratic Bloc has called for fair representation of the parties, an agreement on the decision-making mechanism and the terms of reference for dialogue, and rejected the framework agreement that stipulates the military's departure from power and the formation of a transitional civilian government with full powers. The agreement comes more than a year after the overthrow of the previous civilian government headed by Abdallah Hamdok in October 2021.