Central African president accused of ‘constitutional coup’

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Central African President Faustin Archange Touadera “can drink his whey”valued The country in an editorial on 1is november. The Burkinabè newspaper looks back on the maneuvers of the Head of State to prepare “a grand boulevard” towards a third consecutive mandate on the occasion of the presidential election of 2026.

First lock to blow up: the Constitution, which limits the number of presidential terms to two. Except that on September 23, recalled Bangui Newspaperthe Constitutional Court rejected the draft reform of the fundamental law “announced with great fanfare and backed by the executive”. The judges considered that the procedure was not only “illegal”but also “premature”the Parliament not being completely installed.

President Touadéra then tried to oust the president of this institution, Daniele Darlan, arguing that she was in retirement. The sages reframed it again on October 21, recalling that their irremovable 7-year mandate could only be interrupted with three exceptions:

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