Charles Tai Gitui, interim chair of the reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), said on Wednesday that the government's decision to extend the transitional period received 34 votes out of 41.
"You have made yourself clear that a decision has been taken to extend the transitional period to 24 months, and as shown by the vote of 34 of the 41 members who voted, they have agreed to extend the transitional period," Gitui said in the South. "Has been agreed upon." Juba, the capital of Sudan, during an extraordinary meeting of RJMEC, reports Xinhua news agency.
According to the new schedule, the world's youngest country will elect leaders in the first general election on December 22, 2026, at the end of the transitional period.
South Sudan's transitional government announced last week that national elections would be postponed, extending the transition period by two years, after failing to meet key provisions of the peace agreement that followed the country's independence in 2011. There is a second delay from.
Gitui stressed that as the country prepares for elections at the end of an extended transitional period, addressing the dire economic situation that is affecting the livelihoods of the South Sudanese people is a top priority, while training, The integration and deployment of integrated forces required are also important.
Cabinet Affairs Minister Martin Elia Lomuro said that following approval to extend the transitional period, the government will lobby for funds to complete the pending works with the new timetable.
Under the Revitalized Agreement on Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan signed in 2018 to end the civil war, the South Sudanese government was to be dissolved on September 22 and elections were to be held in December this year.
"You have made yourself clear that a decision has been taken to extend the transitional period to 24 months, and as shown by the vote of 34 of the 41 members who voted, they have agreed to extend the transitional period," Gitui said in the South. "Has been agreed upon." Juba, the capital of Sudan, during an extraordinary meeting of RJMEC, reports Xinhua news agency.
According to the new schedule, the world's youngest country will elect leaders in the first general election on December 22, 2026, at the end of the transitional period.
South Sudan's transitional government announced last week that national elections would be postponed, extending the transition period by two years, after failing to meet key provisions of the peace agreement that followed the country's independence in 2011. There is a second delay from.
Gitui stressed that as the country prepares for elections at the end of an extended transitional period, addressing the dire economic situation that is affecting the livelihoods of the South Sudanese people is a top priority, while training, The integration and deployment of integrated forces required are also important.
Cabinet Affairs Minister Martin Elia Lomuro said that following approval to extend the transitional period, the government will lobby for funds to complete the pending works with the new timetable.
Under the Revitalized Agreement on Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan signed in 2018 to end the civil war, the South Sudanese government was to be dissolved on September 22 and elections were to be held in December this year.
