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CAR Constitutional Change Opens Door Open for Touadera 3rd Term

The Central African Republic's top court has approved the outcome referendum that was boycotted by main opposition parties.
Voters in Central African Republic (CAR) in July overwhelmingly approved a controversial draft constitution that could see President Faustin Archange Touadera seek a third, longer term in office. The constitutional amendments has removed the presidential two-term limit and extended it from five to seven years. Rights group Human Rights Watch earlier warned these changes are a threat to democracy in that country.

In 2020 Touadera won a second five-year term, after a vote interrupted by several incursions by armed rebel groups. His rivals now claim that he wants to remain "president for life" - under the increasingly visible protection of private Russian mercenary group Wagner, which first deployed to the CAR in 2018.

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Aerial view of the city of Bangui (file photo).

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