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Constitutional Reform – 2022

While the National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) was established in 2021, the process of drafting the permanent constitution had a slow start. The 2022 Constitution Making Process Bill was tabled in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) and was referred to a specialized justice sub-committee. However, the bill was introduced when the SPLM-IO members were boycotting the assembly for amendments introduced in the political parties bill.^[1]

The bill was reintroduced again in the TNLA and was passed in November 2022, and became law in December 2022 with the assent of the President. Following the assent, the RJMEC notes that the constitution-making process would involve implementing 18 different tasks, including reconstituting the National Constitution Review Commission, the Constitution Drafting Committee, the Preparatory Sub-Committee, the National Constitutional Conference, and the Constituent Assembly. Among other tasks are the public consultations of the draft constitution.^[2]

[1] On the Status of Implementation of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (1st April to 30th June 2022). Report no. 015/22.

[2] On the Status of Implementation of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (1st October to 31st December 2022). Report no. 017.