The ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has postponed its joint caucus meeting to Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, a party official said.
The meeting had originally been scheduled for Monday, according to an invitation issued on Saturday.
In a statement released Sunday, SPLM Secretary for Culture, Information and Communication Daniel Badagbu Rimbasa cited “unavoidable circumstances” for the change.
Badagbu invited members of the party’s Political Bureau, National Liberation Council, executive and parliamentary caucuses, as well as advisers, secretaries and deputy secretaries, to attend the meeting at the SPLM House in Juba.
The party has not disclosed the agenda, but the meeting is widely seen as part of SPLM preparations ahead of South Sudan’s planned general elections.
Last month, the presidency and the Cabinet approved amendments to key provisions of the 2018 revitalized peace agreement, including a decision to delink the December 2026 elections from the permanent constitution-making process, a national population census and other institutional reforms.
The amendments also removed provisions stating that the peace agreement takes precedence over the constitution.
However, the changes have yet to be endorsed by parliament or by the peace monitoring body, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission.
The 2018 peace deal, signed by President Salva Kiir, opposition leader Riek Machar and other political leaders, has faced repeated delays, with elections postponed several times.
Polls are now scheduled for December 2026, despite objections from Machar’s allies, who say the presidency-led consultations that produced the amendments excluded them.