Speaking at a news conference held in Juba on Tuesday, the NEC chairperson, Abednego Akok Kacuol said the process will commence with voter registration.
He said the commission already received money from the national government to kick start the process that will involve developing a draft election calendar.
Akok said voter registration will start in June if stakeholders approve the calendar.
“An action has been taken by the national government. They deposited to us some money and it was given because the budget we presented to them is organized in a sequence. The first sequence is pre-elections activities. These pre-election activities start with accommodation of election headquarters in Juba and then we go to the 10 states and three administrative areas,” he explained.
According to the NEC chairperson, some structures established in 2015 have been deserted by some officials, others have died, while some officials are still in office.
NEC, he said, will also purchase vehicles to facilitate mobility of election officials.
Akok confirmed that voter registration will begin in June as per the electoral law.
The chairperson of the electoral body said a budget for the activities of the commission has been submitted to the parliament by the council of ministers and the national assembly is expected to approve it.
Once approved, funds for the activities will be released in sequences, he stressed.
