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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan is currently not in a position to conduct free and fair elections unless necessary conditions and institutions are in place before December 2024, the head of UN Mission in the country said.<\/p>\n

Addressing the UN Security Council in New York on Thursday, Nicholas Haysom said South Sudan must fully implement vital provisions of the 2018 peace deal for it to hold a successful democratic transition.<\/p>\n

\u201cMember states have enquired of UNMISS as to whether the country can be considered capable of holding free, fair, credible, and especially peaceful elections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have clearly stated that, as matters stand now, the country is not yet in a position to hold credible elections, a view shared by almost all key stakeholders across the political spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Haysom said the necessary preconditions that must be fully implemented include the writing of a permanent constitution and the deployment of properly trained and equipped force.<\/p>\n

According to the UN official, other conditions are the formulation of an operational election security plan, a clear electoral framework and the election institutions and mechanisms to be in place.<\/p>\n

Mr. Haysom warned that elections are a likely trigger of violence in societies emerging from conflict, unless adequate resources and confidence building measures are invested in its preparation.<\/p>\n

\u201cComparative experience suggests that elections are a likely trigger for the relapse into violence in societies emerging from conflict unless adequate time, resources and confidence building measures are invested in their preparations,\u201d he told the Council.<\/p>\n

The UNMISS chief also emphasized on the need for consensus among the contending political parties on how the country can successfully hold elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere must be an agreed code of conduct for political parties, establishing the parameters of acceptable political behavior and which allows for a more open political and civic space than the one that currently exists in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process of agreeing on these conditions must be one that builds trust in the electoral institutions and acceptance of the outcomes by all participants.\u201d<\/p>\n

South Sudan peace parties on November 15, 2023, kicked off the long-awaited deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF).<\/p>\n

Since then, at least two battalions have been posted to volatile Upper Nile State and further troops were dispatched to different deployment centers.<\/p>\n

President Kiir has also reconstituted the leadership of electoral institutions including the Political Parties Council, National Elections Commission, and the National Constitutional Review Commission.<\/p>\n

However, the electoral bodies, except the Political Parties Council, have not been empowered due to what Haysom said is a disagreement among the principles over the composition of the institutions\u2019 leadership and women representation.<\/p>\n

The permanent constitution is still pending.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Information Minister Michael Makuei said on December 7, 2023, that elections in South Sudan can be held with or without full implementation of the 2018 peace deal.<\/p>\n

Makuei argued that the 2005 Nairobi-signed Comprehensive Peace Agreement was not fully implemented.<\/p>\n

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