Civil society chief urges events to implement pending peace duties by 2025 – Sudans Post

JUBA – A distinguished South Sudan civil society chief on Monday referred to as on the events to the revitalized peace settlement and the federal government to speed up the implementation of pending duties from the 2018 revitalized peace settlement to allow basic elections by December 2026.

Edmund Yakani, Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), issued a press release urging events to fast-track key measures, together with the unification of forces, constitutional evaluation, electoral legislation amendments, geographical constituency demarcation, and a nationwide inhabitants census.

“The tasks are, at least by the month of October 2025, the country will have completed unification of forces. Secondly, the country has completed the constitutional making process. Thirdly, the country has completed amendment of the electoral law,” Yakani stated in a press release to Sudans Post.

Yakani warned that with out the completion of those essential duties, prospects for holding peaceable and credible elections by December 2026 are slim.

“Fourthly, the country has completed demarcation of geographical constituencies. Fourthly, the country has completed its population census. If we need elections to be conducted in December 2026, then these tasks are needed to be completed by October 2025. Otherwise, if we fail to accomplish these tasks by October 2025, then the chances of us holding peaceful and credible elections in December 2026 are limited,” he stated.

Yakani additionally cautioned that failure to fulfill these deadlines may erode the federal government’s legitimacy and result in discussions on a caretaker authorities, stressing that additional extensions shouldn’t be anticipated.

“That means we will be talking about the end of the political legitimacy of the incumbent government. That means we’ll be talking about a caretaker government because there is no more extension. That’s why we are alerting the parties that please double your efforts,” Yakani added.

The activist highlighted the necessity to evaluation the election timeline and guarantee well timed implementation of the transitional interval’s remaining duties.

“The plan does not show that you are committed to deliver elections by December 2026. The plan shows us that there’s a dirty game behind the timeline that we have seen,” he stated.

“We are appealing to the leadership of the party that time has come for us to openly, honestly, and sincerely discuss development of a very clear, defined timeline that heads towards holding peaceful and credible elections.”