South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, paving the way for the appointment of MPs from opposing sides in the country's five-year civil war.
Activists and civil society groups say the move is long overdue.
A peace deal signed three years ago determined that almost a quarter of the MPs would come from the party of Mr Kiir's former foe, Riek Machar.
South Sudan's MPs will not be elected but will instead be nominated by different political parties.