Sudan's Transitional Military Council said Monday the Forces of Freedom and Change movement has asked for a delay on the announcement of a joint ruling body because of last-minute, internal disputes over appointees.
The eleven-member sovereign council is to rule Sudan for a little over three years until elections can be held.
It was created under a power-sharing deal between the military and the protesters and was to be announced on Sunday.
But the military council's spokesman Shams el-Din Kabashi said Monday that the movement withdrew its appointees to the council and would hold more consultations among its factions.
The development comes after internal disputes within the Sudanese Professionals Association, one of the opposition factions, over its nominee.
The SPA had spearheaded Sudan's protests that led to the ouster of longtime president Omar al-Bashir.
Saturday’s landmark agreement paves the way for a transitional government and eventual elections. It provides for the sovereign council as the highest authority in the country but largely delegates executive powers to the cabinet of ministers.
According to the agreement, the opposition coalition is allowed to choose five members of the council and the military another five, with the two sides jointly choosing a civilian as an eleventh member.
The Forces of Freedom and Change chose Aisha Mousa, Siddig Tower, Mohamed Elfaki Suleiman, Hassan Sheikh Idris and Taha Othman Ishaq.
On Saturday the spokesman for the TMC said that council head Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, his deputy General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and Lieutenant General Yasser Al-Atta will serve as three of the five military members. It has yet to announce the other two chosen members.
