SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan to launch consultations on elections and constitutional process

20/8/2021: Sudan Tribune - Sudan to launch consultations on elections and constitutional process

Sudan Tribune report that Sudan will start consultations on the preparations for the first free general elections after the collapse of the former regime in April 2019. 

The Sovereign Council member and spokesman Mohamed al-Faki said the council tasked some of its members to launch discussions on the formation of the Electoral and the Constitution-Making Commissions, stressing that preparing for the elections requires discussions on defining constituencies, statistics, the preparation of the civil registry and workshops.

Cabinet affairs minister Khalid Omer Youssif said elections could be held in January 2024, although the Forces for Freedom and Change (FCC) has not set an official date.

Sudan Tribune note that some non-FFC groups call for early elections as “the transitional government failed to achieve revolutionary goals,” although the Communist Party says a new constitution must be adopted first, with political forces keen to delay in order to avoid repeating previous failed transitions.