2025-12-18

Contestation period ends December 19 with final candidate list publication scheduled December 22. December 22 represents definitive moment for assessing whether major opposition figures registered or implemented boycott strategies. CEP must adjudicate eligibility challenges while meeting publication deadline testing institutional electoral administration capacity. December 18, 2025 Failure to publish on schedule or producing disputed candidate list could undermine international confidence in transitional process. Transitional Presidential Council mandate expires February 7 2027 creating fourteen month window for completing all electoral processes. Widespread opposition boycott or technical disqualifications could force reconsideration of August 30 2026 timeline viability.