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Sudan Prepares to Hold Elections in 2024

Sudanese protesters rally outside the army complex in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on April 18, 2019. (AFP)
Sudanese protesters rally outside the army complex in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on April 18, 2019. (AFP)
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Sudan Prepares to Hold Elections in 2024

Sudanese protesters rally outside the army complex in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on April 18, 2019. (AFP)
Sudanese protesters rally outside the army complex in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on April 18, 2019. (AFP)

The Sudanese government announced on Friday that it has kicked off preparations to hold elections in 2024.

The elections are expected to be held at the end of the country’s transitional period.

The sovereignty council has tasked some of its members to launch discussions over the formation of a committee that would tackle the formation of the electoral and constitutional commissions.

The constitutional document for the transitional period stipulates that the period would last 39 months since its signing in August 2019.

It was extended after the signing of the Juba agreement, so that it now began on October 2020. The transition effectively ends after the elections are successfully held.

The constitutional document gave the transitional council the authority to appoint the chair and members of several independent commissions, including the electoral and constitutional commissions.

Officials will now have to engage in serious discussions over the distribution of electoral districts, a popular census and civil registry.

The international community has been exerting great efforts to encourage Sudan to hold elections.

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Lebanon's PM Says Country to Begin Disarming South Litani to Ensure State Presence

President Joseph Aoun met with PM Najib Mikati at Baabda palace. (NNA)
President Joseph Aoun met with PM Najib Mikati at Baabda palace. (NNA)
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Lebanon's PM Says Country to Begin Disarming South Litani to Ensure State Presence

President Joseph Aoun met with PM Najib Mikati at Baabda palace. (NNA)
President Joseph Aoun met with PM Najib Mikati at Baabda palace. (NNA)

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Friday that the state will begin disarming southern Lebanon, particularly the south Litani region, to establish its presence across the country.
"We are in a new phase - in this new phase, we will start with south Lebanon and south Litani specifically in order to pull weapons so that the state can be present across Lebanese territory," Mikati said.

Mikati's remarks followed a meeting with newly elected President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Presidential Palace. Aoun was elected as the country's new head of state by parliament on Thursday, ending a vacancy in the presidency that had persisted for over two years.

In his address to parliament, Aoun pledged to control weapons outside the state's control, saying the government is the sole entity authorized to possess and use military force and weapons.
A ceasefire agreement that ended the 13-month-conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in November has given the Lebanese party 60 days to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon, while Israeli forces are also required to withdraw from the area over the same period.
The ceasefire agreement says Israeli forces will move south of the Blue Line “in a phased manner” within 60 days. The Lebanese army’s troops will deploy “in parallel” to the positions.