Executive Branch Reform – 2006
2006
Executive branch reform took place with the establishment of the presidency in 2005.
In 2006, the presidency issued a decree declaring the Boundaries of Southern Kordofan State as the previous boundaries of Southern Kordofan Province as defined in the 1974 Act of the Division of Provinces. Western Kordofan and Southern Kordofan merged in accordance with the decree. Similarly, the Presidency decided on 3 January 2006 that the Cabinet for the administration of the National Capital would include eight ministers: four from the NCP, two from the SPLM (one of them Deputy Governor), and two from Northern political forces (one of them Deputy Governor). By a decree issued in August 2006, the presidency established the Commission on the Protection of the Rights of Non-Muslims in the National Capital. On 18 February 2006, President Al-Bashir issued a presidential decree to form the National DDR Coordination Council (NDDRCC). The presidency failed to agree on the adoption of the Abyei Boundaries Commission submitted to the presidency on 14 July 2005.1 The presidency, however, resolved a deadlock over the draft constitution, which was signed into law in December.2