RSF Advisor: The Transitional Constitution regulates the form of governance and resolves controversial issues

The Rapid Support Forces’ legal advisor and official Spokesperson for the Negotiating Delegation, Mohamed Mukhtar Al-Nur, stated that the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of Sudan for the year (2025) is based on “Supra-constitutional principles” that prevent the violation of basic rights as well as promote justice and equality, emphasizing that these principles regulate the form of governance and resolve controversial issues.

Al-Nur explained, in an interview with (Erem News), that the Transitional Constitution came in the form of a document that establishes new concepts aimed at addressing the causes of conflicts in the country, including identity issues, separation of religion from the State, voluntary unity, and equality between the Sudanese people in terms of rights and duties.

He added that the Transitional Constitution laid down clear foundations for the levels of governance, as it stipulated the formation of a Presidential Council consisting of representatives of the regions, and a decentralized system that grants regional authorities broad powers.

The spokesperson for the Negotiating Delegation, referenced the process of restructuring the Regular Forces, so that a unified national Army is formed, taking into account diversity and fair representation, in addition to the formation of a Security Service with a role limited to collecting and analyzing information, as well as a federal Police Force that performs its duties within the framework of the rule of law.

Mohamed Mukhtar Al-Nur stated that the awaited transitional government will put forth efforts in accordance with this Constitution to achieve peace and stability.

He added that the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of Sudan for the year (2025) has been approved, and the most prominent points included addressed issues that have long been a cause of wars in Sudan, amongst which are the issues of identity, separation of religion and State (secularism), voluntary unity, and self-determination.

He explained that the Transitional Constitution also established issues related to the Sudanese people, in addition to the inclusion of supra-constitutional principles for the first time, which are principles higher than the Constitution, and cannot be changed or overcome for any reason.

He went on to explain that these principles include issues of peace, equality, justice, and the State.

The legal advisor pointed out that the Transitional Constitution reflected for the first time the idea of ​​voluntary unity of the Sudanese people, that the State will remain unbiased, maintaining an equal distance from all religions, cultures, identities, and languages, in addition to all the issues that the Constitution organized for the first time as they were lost in the silence and remained a subject of dispute between the political forces, parties, military and civilian forces, and even amongst civilians, and between the various components of the Sudanese people 

He shared that the Transitional Constitution has now directed its attention to the most sensitive issues that may prove to be controversial and a subject of dispute, as they were clearly addressed in the Constitution, which included clear constitutional and legal ways to resolve the aforementioned in a manner that contributes to the process of stability in Sudan, as well as achieving justice and equality in the State.

He added that the Transitional Constitution clearly organized the levels of governance, as it stipulated the formation of a Presidential Council consisting of (15) members, as well as the appointment of governors of the regions, who will be deputies to the chairman of the Council, in addition to a number of members at the regional and local levels, including the states.

The Constitution also organized, according to Al-Nur, the existence of a National Council that assumes the role of legislation and oversight of State agencies, as well as regional councils that play the same oversight and legislative role, enacting laws and approving budgets submitted by regional, state and Central governments.

He pointed out that the Constitution also organized the local level for the states in order to prompt the states to play their role, as the form of governance is decentralized – confederal.

Under this new Constitution, the authority that was concentrated in the Center was dismantled and granted to the Sudanese people even at the local level, so that the government would be built from the lowest levels to the highest, according to the stipulations of the new constitution.

In regards to the Security Services, Al-Nur said that the Constitution stipulated that there would be one professional national Army, taking into account diversity, plurality and fair representation of the Sudanese regions according to the population scale.

The Constitution also addressed the formation of a national Security Agency specialized in collecting, analyzing and presenting information to the highest Sovereign authorities in order to make informed decisions, while stressing that this agency shouldn’t be “oppressive like the previous agencies,” according to Al-Nur.

He pointed out that the Constitution also regulated the issue of the Police Force, as it stipulated that there would be a Federal Police in the regions and states, in addition to a Federal Police that plays the role of Security and put forth diligent efforts in serving the citizen.

The legal advisor concluded his statements by sharing that the Transitional Constitution was concerned with the levels of governance and the regular agencies that assist in performing the required role, in addition to the judicial agencies, including the Judiciary, the Public Prosecution and the general advisors of the Sudanese State.