The Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) has confirmed that the current National Executive of the All People’s Congress (APC) will continue to manage the party’s affairs, following a court case that has blocked the planned leadership handover.
In a press statement dated 17 August 2026 and signed by Lucien H.L. Momoh, Director of Public Education and ICT, the Commission said it is constrained from implementing the second part of its earlier directive because a party member has taken both the PPRC and the APC to court.
“As a member of the party has taken the PPRC and the All People’s Congress to court in regard to the second directive, the Commission is constrained to effect its second directive thus, the status quo shall remain the same pending the determination of the matter in court,” the statement read.
Current executive members will therefore continue running the party until the court decides the matter.
On 13 February 2026, the PPRC issued directives to the APC under Section 39(5) of the Political Parties Act 2022 (Act No. 25 of 2022). The Commission extended the tenure of the party’s elected officials, including the National Executive Committee (NEC), National Advisory Committee (NAC) and other officers, by six months after their three-year term expired.
The second part of that directive stated that if the executive failed to convene a National Delegates’ Conference (NDC) within the six-month period, the Leader of the APC in Parliament, together with five other Honourable Members of Parliament (one from each region), would take over the day-to-day management of the party until the Conference is held.
The six-month extension was expected to end around 18 August 2026. The APC has been conducting lower-level elections as part of preparations for the NDC, but the Conference has not yet taken place. Constituency elections were postponed in July amid internal processes and engagements with the PPRC.
The impending end of the extension and the proposed parliamentary caretaker arrangement had already drawn attention within the party. In early August, Honorary Executive Member and National Deputy Chairman aspirant Hon. Rabbi Sirajin Munirr Rollings-Kamara wrote to PPRC Chairman Emmanuel Koivaya Amara, raising constitutional, legal and political concerns about any post-extension arrangement. He stressed that any new structure must be legally sound, inclusive and command the confidence of the wider membership.
Earlier in the year, former Majority Leader Hon. Ibrahim Rassin Bundu and others had also challenged aspects of the tenure extension process at the Commission.
The court action now means the planned transition to parliamentary leadership will not take effect for the time being. The PPRC’s decision preserves continuity in the main opposition party while the judiciary determines the validity of the second directive.
The APC continues its internal electoral processes aimed at rebuilding party structures ahead of a future National Delegates’ Conference, though no new date has been publicly confirmed.
