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.
