{"id":46583,"date":"2026-08-05T16:24:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=46583"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:24:56","slug":"political-parties-council-alleges-exclusion-from-2026-poll-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/political-parties-council-alleges-exclusion-from-2026-poll-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Parties Council alleges exclusion from 2026 poll preparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ijoo Bosco<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The South Sudan Political Parties Council (PPC) has accused the National Elections Commission (NEC) of sidelining it from key preparations for the country&#8217;s planned December 2026 general elections, warning that the continued exclusion could undermine the credibility of the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>The Council says it has been left out of critical election-related activities despite its legal mandate to regulate and oversee political parties, describing the move as a violation of the principles of transparency and inclusiveness.<\/p>\n<p>PPC officials cautioned that if their concerns are not addressed, the Council may reconsider its participation in the electoral process, arguing that meaningful engagement of all legally mandated institutions is essential for credible elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Council has called on the National Elections Commission to urgently engage with the PPC and other stakeholders to ensure the elections are conducted in a transparent, inclusive, and lawful manner.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute comes as South Sudan accelerates preparations for its December 2026 general elections, with political parties and civil society groups increasingly raising concerns over the country&#8217;s electoral readiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco The South Sudan Political Parties Council (PPC) has accused the National Elections Commission (NEC) of sidelining it from key preparations for the country&#8217;s planned December 2026 general elections, warning that the continued exclusion could undermine the credibility of the electoral process. The Council says it has been<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/political-parties-council-alleges-exclusion-from-2026-poll-preparations\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Political-Parties-Council-alleges-exclusion-from-2026-poll-preparations.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46585,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46583\/revisions\/46585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}