South Sudan's parliament amends peace agreement to allow elections before completion of constitution-building process

South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislature has approved sweeping amendments to the 2018 peace agreement, removing two key pre-election requirements in a move lawmakers say will fast-track the country’s long-delayed general elections scheduled for December 2026. The amendments, ratified on Tuesday during a sitting chaired by Speaker Joseph Ngere Paciko, defer the national population and housing census and the permanent constitution-making process until after elections, leaving both tasks to an elected government. [ . . . ] Supporters of the amendments argue that removing the census and permanent constitution requirements eliminates major obstacles that could have pushed elections beyond the planned December 2026 deadline.
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