By William Madouk<\/p>\n
Parties to revitalized peace deal are urged to speed up reconstitute and operationalize political parties Council (PPC) and national elections commission (NEC) ahead of the 2024 general polls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), Interim Chairperson, Charles Tai Gituai said that the benchmarks must be met in order to conduct free, fair and creditable elections.<\/p>\n \u201cThe institutions tasked with the preparation and conduct of elections, namely the political parties\u2019 council and the National Election Commission should be reconstituted and operationalized,\u201d Gituai said.<\/p>\n He was addressing the 30th <\/sup>RJMEC\u2019s plenary meeting in Juba.<\/p>\n Gituai also called for judicial reforms to enhance the capacity and impartiality of judicial institutions to deal with election-related disputes, as well as the deployment of unified forces to provide security.<\/p>\n Gituai called for enactment of a permanent constitution to states under which elections shall be conducted, adding that there is also a need to improve political and civic space.<\/p>\n \u201cIn view of this aforementioned, it is important to underscore the need to deliberately hasten the pace of implementation of the agreement,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Mr. Gituai recommended the government of national unity to provide adequate and predictable funding for implementation of all critical pending tasks of the revitalized peace deal.<\/p>\n \u201cContinue to consult and dialogue in the spirit of the collegial collaboration and consensus to address emerging issues during the implementation of the agreement,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n The transitional period was scheduled to elapse in February 2023 but was pushed forward to December 2024.<\/p>\n Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS, doubted conduct of free and credible elections in the country.<\/p>\n He urged the parliament to come up with proper legislation.<\/p>\n Haysom said South Sudan could make significant strides towards December 2024 target with political will, adequate resourcing, and a commitment to create an appropriate political environment.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this regard, I echo the call made by IGAD last month urging the national legislature to expedite the reconstitution of the National Elections Commission and the Political Parties Council,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Cabinet Affairs ministers, Martin Elia Lomuro, said that parties allotted themselves 17 commissions but are yet to finalize the list before establishing the institutions ahead of 2024 elections.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have received the nominees from OPP, SSOA for National Constitutional Review Commission while ITGoNU and SPLM-IO are yet to present theirs,\u201d Lomuro said.<\/p>\n He also cited that the formation of non-partisan body \u2013 the NEC and PPC is in pipeline, adding that next week they would conduct a joint meeting with stakeholders to decide on it.<\/p>\n \u201cI can assure you that early next week we will hold a meeting with parties including the stakeholders in order to nominate their representatives to political parties\u2019 council,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Mr. Lomuro revealed that they have received draft budget for the operationalization of NEC and PPC.<\/p>\n In terms of criticality in elections process, the three important commissions are National Constitutional Review Commission, National Electoral Commission and Political Parties Council.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By William Madouk Parties to revitalized peace deal are urged to speed up reconstitute and operationalize political parties Council (PPC) and national elections commission (NEC) ahead of the 2024 general polls. 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