South Sudan parties decided to form a Political Party Council for the effective implementation of the electoral code of conduct agreed upon and signed by 17 parties last month.
Talking to SCR News, Barney Afako from the African Union implementation panel said the AU organized a meeting yesterday to form a Political Party Council (PPC) to deal with all election issues in south Sudan.Mr. Afako added that the PPC will have its first meeting on Saturday.
Mr. Afako noted that the code of conduct for the elections called for a PPC to be set up.
The council will deal mainly with complaints about the conduct of elections campaigns by different parties and candidates.
Mr. Afako said that the South Sudan PPC will be officially launched during its first meeting on Saturday.