The week-long national reconciliation dialogue organised since Monday in the Central African Republic has left members of the Civil society worried about a possible amendment to the constitution to accommodate another term for the President. President Faustin Archange Touadéra won a second term after he won the elections in December 2020.
Last week he offered to hold the ‘’Republican Dialogue” with the opposition and civil society, from 21 March as promised after his highly contested re-election. One of the item in the agenda which was not announced earlier was amending the constitution to include a third term for the president. The change of article 154 of the Constitution was rejected by all participants.
All opposition parties announced their decision to boycott the discussion. The main issues they raised included, exclusion of the rebels in the discussion and issue of the post-election crisis, i.e. the alleged non-legitimate re-election of Faustin Archange Touadéra by a very small part of the electorate. They believe that the discussion was just an eye wash fulfilling the demand from the international community that is financing the world’s second least developed country, according to the UN..
Political experts have observed that a reconciliation dialogue without the main political rivals and armed enemies, will be futile and will not lead to any concrete progress.
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