National_Legislature_(Sudan)

National Legislature (Sudan)

National Legislature (Sudan)

Bicameral legislature of Sudan

The National Legislature (Arabic: المجلس التشريعي السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Ttašriyʿiy) is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of the Sudan.

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Prior to the 2019 coup d'état, the National Legislature was composed of two chambers:

  • The Council of States (المجلس الولايات السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Wilāyāt) had 50 members who are indirectly elected by state legislatures.
  • The National Assembly (المجلس الوطني السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy) had 450 directly elected members.

The National Legislature was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir and his National Congress Party in a military coup.[1]

As part of the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed which will function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022.[2]

Parliament building

The seat of the National Legislature is in Omdurman, immediately north-west of the country's capital Khartoum. The building was designed in the style of brutalist architecture by the Romanian architect Cezar Lăzărescu and completed in 1978.[3] It is located on the banks of the White Nile at the confluence with the Blue Nile near the old Omdurman bridge.

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References

  1. [1]
    Sarah El Sirgany, Nima Elbagir and Yasir Abdullah (11 April 2019). "Sudan's President Bashir forced out in military coup". CNN.
  2. [2]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2019-08-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. [3]
    "National Assembly of Sudan". #SOSBRUTALISM. Retrieved 2021-05-19.


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