Constitution of South Sudan
[citation needed] A version of the constitution was ratified on 7 July 2011 by the South Sudan Legislative Assembly.It came into force on the day of independence of South Sudan (9 July 2011) after being signed by the president of the republic.After the January 2011 referendum in favour of secession, the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and various opposition political parties broadly agreed on the need to adopt a transitional constitution based on the ICOSS and tailored to the enhanced powers and responsibilities of a sovereign state.[1] From the outset, the drafting process has been limited to a technical review of the ICOSS that would delete all references to a united Sudan and re-cast existing government structures in the south at a regional level as the institutions of a sovereign nation-state.[1] In April 2011, the technical review committee presented its recommendations on the transitional constitution to the office of the Southern Sudanese presidency, along with its proposals for the making of a permanent political charter.