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Title: South Sudan says it will not be able to hold a census before general elections
Author: SudaneseOnline News
Date: 01-10-2015, 04:56 PM
Jan 10, 2015-Khartoum-SudaneseOnline-South Sudan's National Statistics Bureau says it will not be able to hold a census before general elections in June, even though the country's transitional constitution calls for a population head-count before the polls.
National Statistics Bureau Chairman Isaiah Chol Aruai said the year-old crisis in South Sudan has prevented the bureau from collecting census data. South Sudan's constitution says those data are needed to determine, among other things, "...the number of electoral constituencies for the next general elections."
Aruai said the bureau’s failure to hold a census ahead of the elections should not stop the polls from taking place.
"Under normal situation, the census was supposed to precede the election, but that was when there was no political crisis in the country," he said.
"As we speak, the context has changed. It looks like the elections will have to stand alone. They should not be contingent on the conduct of a census," he said.
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