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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
Chapter One
Guiding Principle
- The two parties agree on the sacredness of the national sovereignty and unity of the Sudanese soil, unity of the Sudan with all its diversity.
- The two parties shall work in partnership and goodwill principle and shall refrain from the hostile and provocative speech.
- The two parties shall abide by the principles of democracy, human rights and the good Sudanese values.
- The parties agree to solve the emerging disputes through dialogue and mutual respect.
Chapter Two
The Transitional arrangements
The Sovereignty Council
- The sovereignty council shall be formed from eleven members, five military selected by the Transitional military Council (TMC), five civilians selected by the Declaration of Freedom and Change (DFC) forces and one civilian to be selected in agreement between the two parties.
- The sovereignty council shall be presided for 21 months by one of the TMC members effective from signing this agreement.
- The sovereignty council shall be presided for the remining 18 months of the transitional period, by one of the civilian members of the sovereignty council.
- The constitutional document of the transitional period shall determine the powers and functions of the sovereignty council.
The Council of Ministers
- The DFC forces shall select the Prime Minister of the civilian government in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the constitutional document of the transitional period.
- The council of ministers shall consist of a president and no more than 20 ministers from national independent competencies, to be selected by the prime ministers from the DFC forces nomination list, and approved by the sovereignty council, except for the ministers
