Sudan's new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok asked the Forces of Declaration of Freedom and Change (FDFC) to speed up the nomination of their candidates for the government.
The FDFC is expected to hand its list of candidates to Hamdok Tuesday, who will select one of three for each ministry, and announce the government on Wednesday in accordance with the timetable agreed upon in the constitutional document.
A meeting held at the Umma Party headquarters in Omdurman will continue until all parties have reached consensus on the candidates for 14 ministries and four specialized councils.
Asharq Al-Awsat learned that the PM pressured the FDFC to complete its nomination, asserting that he will respect the set deadline.
A top commander in the Forces, who asked not to be named, said the FDFC selected five candidates for the cabinet.
The source told Asharq Al-Awsat that FDFC are committed to delivering the names of their candidates to the prime minister on time, ahead of the official announcement of the government.
Asharq Al-Awsat obtained the names of candidates for all the ministries in the transitional government with candidates of the Foreign Ministry including: Omar Mohammed Kamareddine, Omar Bashir Munis and Mohammed Ahmed Siddiq.
The most prominent candidates for the Ministry of Finance are: Ibrahim al-Badawi, Hassan Bashir and Mohammed Sheikhoun. As for the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Bakri Ali Ahmed, Kawther Ismail Mahmoud, Kamaluddin Tayeb and Issa Shater were nominated.
Four candidates are competing for the Ministry of Energy and Mining: Saleh Mirghani, Fadl Ahmed Abu Shouk, Awad Jar al-Khair, Adel Ibrahim and Abdel Haj Suleiman.
Candidates for the Ministry of Justice are: member of the Legal Committee of the FDFC Ibtisam al-Sanhouri, Othman Mohammed al-Hasan, Nasereddine Abd al-Bari and Hanoud Abia Kedouf.
Among the most prominent candidates for government affairs: Madani Abbas Madani, Yasser Mirghani Abdel Rahman, Abu Bakr Basha and Ismail Wadi.
Several candidates were named for the Ministry of Education, including: Mohamed el-Amin el-Tom, Mohamed Ibrahim, Taher Abdullah Kamar and Amna al-Sadiq Badri.
Ministry of Health nominees include Akram el-Tom, El-Tayeb Gadin, Samia Abdel Azim and Abdel Rahim Mohamed Ali.
FDFC also chose a list of candidates for the Higher Education Council, most notably philosophy professor at the Sudanese universities, Hisham Omar al-Nur, Ahmed Hassan al-Jack, Sami Sharif and Suleiman Dablo.
Four candidates are nominated for the position of Minister of Animal Resources, namely Amal Omar Bakheet, Shadia al-Llazem, Hanan Abdel Mawla and Mohammed Fadl Ahmed.
The FDFC named Mohammed Jafar Quraish, Majid Talaat Farid, Mahjoub Said and Walaa Issam al-Boushi for the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
A large number of candidates of political parties withdrew their candidacies after officials pressured them to adhere to the agreement to form an independent government of non-partisan figures, confirmed sources.
