The Central African Republic went to the polls Sunday in a highly anticipated vote on a new constitution that would remove presidential term limits.
President Faustin Archange Touadera wants to extend presidential terms from five to seven years and remove the previous two-term limit, enabling him to run again in 2025.
The proposed changes also would lift requirements that executive decisions be debated by the legislature and would permit Central Africans with dual nationality to vote. “Now that there is peace … the time has come for us to take action,” said Fidel Gouandjika, a presidential adviser.
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