2025-12-24
TALKING POINTS
Candidate list remains unpublished seventy-two hours past December 22 deadline.
December 26 campaign period start now operationally impossible.
CEP has provided zero official explanation for delay.
US diplomat urged government to conduct elections in 2026 not specifically August
30.
No legal mechanism exists to extend CPT mandate past February 7 2027.
International silence suggests private negotiations for alternative timeline.
December 24, 2025