BANGUI: Central African Republic's opposition is calling for a boycott of a constitutional referendum on Sunday (Jul 30) that could see President Faustin-Archange Touadera extend his time in office. Touadera was first elected in 2016 and won reelection in 2020. He has been campaigning for the constitutiona
BANGUI: Central African Republic's opposition is calling for a boycott of a constitutional referendum on Sunday that could see President Faustin-Archange Touadera extend his time in office.
Evariste Ngamana, head of the referendum campaign and vice president of the national assembly, said on Thursday that 80 per cent of voters have been mobilised and called on the people to vote"yes". "The Political Bureau of the URCS urges the entire population... to refrain from taking part in this gigantic swindle, not to go to the polling stations and to freely go about their Sunday activities," the opposition party said in a statement on Wednesday.
Touadera turned to Russia for help tackling rebel groups which occupy large swaths of territory. The country of around 5.5 million people which is rich in gold, diamonds, and timber has struggled to find stability since independence in 1960.
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