Parliamentary committee in South Sudan endorses amendments to election timeline of peace agreement

South Sudan’s parliamentary business committee has endorsed a set of contentious amendments to the country’s 2018 peace agreement, presented by Justice Minister Michael Makuei, clearing the way for debate and a possible vote in the full assembly next week. The proposals seek to decouple the electoral process from two long-standing requirements under the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS): the adoption of a permanent constitution and the conduct of a national population and housing census. If approved, elections scheduled for December 2026 would be held under the 2011 Transitional Constitution, with the census deferred to a future elected government. The draft amendments also propose revising the electoral timetable, including shortening the deadline for publication of the voters’ roll from six months to three months before election day.
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