The highly contested 2015 constitutional referendum in the Republic of the Congo set in motion a process of institutional reform which the government packaged as the construction of a new political future and branded as 'the new republic'.
However, the driving element of this process - finding a way to allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to run for another term despite previous constitutional term and age limits - has triggered a political crisis. The legislative elections of July 2017 confirm the socio-political fractures that emerged at the referendum and have deepened with every ensuing electoral contest.
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