- Title: Central Africa referendum vote could extend Touadera's rule
- Date: 30th July 2023
- Summary: BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (JULY 30, 2023) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF VOTERS LOOKING AT REGISTRATION INFORMATION ON POLLING STATION WALL VOTERS QUEUEING WOMAN LOOKING FOR HER NAME ON VOTER REGISTRATION DOCUMENT VOTERS QUEUEING MAN TAKING DOCUMENTS FROM POLLING STATION WORKER, WALKING TO VOTING BOOTH MAN SIGNING REGISTRATION DOCUMEN
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- Location: BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- City: BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- Country: Central African Republic
- Topics: Africa,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001102430072023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Central African Republic voted on a constitutional referendum on Sunday (July 30) which, if it passes, could remove a presidential term limit and allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to run for a third term in 2025.
Touadera was first elected in 2016 for a five-year term and won reelection in 2020 for what was supposed to be his final term in office.
The new constitution would reset the clock, allowing him to run for a fresh seven-year mandate, and the number of terms he or another candidate could run for president would be unlimited.
Opposition parties and some civil society groups have called for a boycott of the referendum, saying it was designed to keep Touadera in power for life.
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