respective
democratically
elected
legislatures
accordance with the provisions stated therein.
in
Abyei Area
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(1) Without prejudice to any of the provisions of this
Constitution and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the
Protocol on the Resolution of the Conflict in Abyei Area shall
apply with respect to Abyei Area.
(2) Abyei Area shall be accorded special administrative status
under the Presidency, in which residents of Abyei Area shall
be citizens of both Southern Kordofan and Bahr el Ghazal.
(3) Simultaneously with the referendum for southern Sudan, the
residents of Abyei Area shall vote in a separate referendum,
which shall present the residents of Abyei Area, irrespective
of the results of the Southern Sudan Referendum, with the
following choices:(a) that Abyei Area retain its special administrative status
in the north,
(b) that Abyei Area be part of Bahr el Ghazal.
(4) The January 1st, 1956 line between the north and the south
shall be inviolable, except as agreed in sub-Article (3)
above.
Interim Provisions for States
184 (1) Pending the elections referred to in Article 216 herein:
(a) Governors shall be appointed by the President of the
Republic in consultation with the First Vice President.
In the case of Southern Sudan, the President of
Government of Southern Sudan in consultation with
Vice President of Government of Southern Sudan,
(b) The Governor of one Southern Sudan state shall be a
nominee of the National Congress Party and one
Deputy Governor in a different Southern Sudan state
shall also be a nominee of the National Congress Party.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-Article (3) below,
seats of the legislatures and executives of the states shall
be allocated as follows:(a) The National Congress Party shall have seventy
percent of the seats in the Northern states, and the
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement shall have
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