{"id":56786,"date":"2024-04-20T09:55:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T09:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister"},"modified":"2024-04-20T10:30:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T10:30:39","slug":"permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister","title":{"rendered":"Permanent Constitution will guide 2024 elections: minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s permanent constitution will guide elections scheduled for December this year, the Deputy Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Mabior Malek told reporters on Wednesday that it is the permanent constitution that will guide the upcoming general election slated for December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Constitution Review Committee (NCRC) have completed their work and they have submitted their report pertaining the permanent constitution. The government, through the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, working day and night to complete the remaining tasks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy minister said further disclosed that the Judicial Reform Committee (JRC) had already completed and submitted its report to the government.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of funding is delaying the constitutional-making process, said Malek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the issue of funding that has become a problem, we are not able to complete the remaining tasks, but we are hoping that before the 2024 elections, we should have completed all the remaining tasks and we will go for elections with the new constitution by all means,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Envoy for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ismail said he met the Justice and Constitutional Affairs ministry, Reuben Madol Arol to help resolve pending challenges to the constitutional-making process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe discussed about the of work NCRC, Judicial Reform Committee and the way forward for the republic of South Sudan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Wais said IGAD is committed to free, fair and transparent elections in South Sudan, describing elections as crucial in democratically transforming a country.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, stressed that elections can have both positive and divisive effects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. South Sudan\u2019s permanent constitution will guide elections scheduled for December this year, the Deputy Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister said. Joseph Mabior Malek told reporters on Wednesday that it is the permanent constitution that will guide the upcoming general election slated for December. \u201cThe National Constitution Review Committee (NCRC) have completed their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-56786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Permanent Constitution will guide 2024 elections: minister - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Sudan\u2019s permanent constitution will guide elections scheduled for December this year, the Deputy Justice and Const ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Permanent Constitution will guide 2024 elections: minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Sudan\u2019s permanent constitution will guide elections scheduled for December this year, the Deputy Justice and Const ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-20T09:55:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-20T10:30:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1713596383.159806.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Permanent Constitution will guide 2024 elections: minister\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-20T09:55:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-20T10:30:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister\"},\"wordCount\":276,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1713596383.159806.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/permanent-constitution-will-guide-2024-elections-minister\",\"name\":\"Permanent Constitution will guide 2024 elections: minister - 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