SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan military rulers want Sharia law to guide legislation under interim government

7/5/19: Multiple sources: Sudan military rulers want Sharia law to guide legislation under interim government

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Sudan’s military rulers said on Tuesday they generally agreed with proposals made by protest leaders on the structure of an interim government, but want Islamic Sharia laws and local norms to guide legislation.

 Responding to a draft constitutional document presented by a coalition of protest groups and political parties, the ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) noted that the document omitted Sharia law.

 “Our view is that Islamic Sharia and the local norms and traditions in the Republic of Sudan should be the sources of legislation,” TMC spokesman Lieutenant General Shams El Din Kabbashi told reporters.