Hundreds protest against CAfrica constitution rewrite

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 29, 2022 12:00 am

Bangui, Central African Republic: Some 300 people demonstrated Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in the Central African Republic's capital against changing the constitution, after the president ordered a rewrite of the basic law.

Opposition and civil society called the protest a day after President Faustin Archange Touadera ordered the creation of a committee to rewrite the constitution, sparking fears he was seeking a third term in office.

Opposition demonstrators holding signs which read No take part in a protest organized by the Republican Bloc, against a constitutional change that would allow Central African president Faustin Archange Touadera to serve a third term, in Bangui, on August 27, 2022 (August 28 in Manila). President Touadera ordered on August 26, 2022, the creation of a committee to rewrite the constitution. AFP PHOTO

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