Presidential mandates in the Central African Republic: the opposition castigates a "break in the constitutional order"
In the Central African Republic, the opposition is stepping up and refusing to modify the Constitution in order to allow Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra (our illustration photo) to carry out a third term.
AP-Alexander Ryumin
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In the Central African Republic, after the announcement by a deputy of the presidential majority, Thursday, May 26, of a bill tabled in the National Assembly amending several articles of the Constitution, including the one which establishes a lock of two terms for the Head of State, the so-called “democratic” opposition, which brings together the main Central African opponents, has stepped up to the plate.
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The Central African opposition denounces "
an act of extreme gravity with unforeseeable consequences for our country
" and "
an initiative to break the constitutional order which announces the end of democracy dearly acquired at the cost of multiple sacrifices
".
Same story of civil society which does not want to hear about this initiative which aims to allow the president in place to go beyond the term provided for by the Constitution.
A failed first attempt
Joseph Bindoumi, the president of the Central African League for Human Rights recalls that a first attempt in this direction had already failed: "
When the President of the Republic asked for a republican dialogue to be held, during this dialogue , people have come up with the idea of wanting to modify the Constitution.
The prepared recommendation was totally rejected.
When there are situations like that, we don't start a month later to say
"we are going to make a bill to modify such and such a provision of the Constitution".
This is a monumental mistake that risks causing situations that no one can control
.
»
“
Men must adapt to the law
”
“
And then, what I would like to add
, said the man,
as a jurist, it is not the law that adapts to men, but it is men who must adapt to the law.
So, this step is a completely unfortunate step and all civil society organizations are standing up to prevent such a crime from happening in the Central African Republic, because this crime can have sufficiently serious consequences
”.
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Faustin-Archange Touadera