A senior official from South Sudan’s ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has announced that the party’s joint caucus meeting, originally set for Monday, has been rescheduled to Tuesday, January 13, 2026.

The postponement was confirmed in a statement issued on Sunday by Daniel Badagbu Rimbasa, the SPLM Secretary for Culture, Information and Communication.

He attributed the change to “unavoidable circumstances.”

In the notice, Badagbu invited members of the Political Bureau, National Liberation Council, executive committee, parliamentary caucuses, along with party advisers, secretaries, and deputy secretaries, to gather at SPLM House in Juba for the session.

While the party has not yet revealed the specific agenda, political observers widely believe the meeting forms part of the SPLM’s internal preparations as the country gears up for the long-delayed general elections scheduled for December 2026.

Last month, the presidency and Cabinet approved significant amendments to the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement.

Key changes include separating the planned December 2026 elections from the process of drafting a permanent constitution, conducting a national census, and completing other major institutional reforms.

The revised provisions also eliminate language that previously gave the peace agreement supremacy over the country’s constitution.

These amendments still require formal approval from parliament as well as from the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), the body responsible for overseeing implementation of the peace deal.

The 2018 agreement, signed by President Salva Kiir, opposition figure Riek Machar, and various other political leaders, has experienced multiple extensions and delays over the years.

The current election timeline of December 2026 has drawn criticism from Machar’s camp, who argue that the presidency-led consultation process that led to the recent amendments sidelined their participation.