US EditionCentral African Republic's Touadera announces bid for third term
- Faustin-Archange Touadera announced his candidacy for a third term in December 2025, aiming to extend his rule beyond ten years.
- Touadera's bid follows a 2023 referendum that removed term limits and increased presidential terms from five to seven years.
- Opposition and civil society groups expressed concern that the new constitution might enable Touadera to remain in power indefinitely.
- At a meeting in Bangui, Touadera stated, "I am your candidate for the presidential election of December 2025.
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Central African Republic's Touadera announces bid for third term
Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera said on Saturday he will run for a third term later this year, seeking to extend his rule into a second decade after scrapping term limits in 2023.
Five months before the general elections scheduled for December, the ruling United Heart Movement (UCM) held its second ordinary congress of the year in Bangui. The aim was to invest its candidates and prepare the campaign. President Touadera was appointed there to run for a new term of office, made possible by the new Constitution.
CAR leader readies for contested third term
Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera announced on Saturday he will seek a third term in December’s elections. Speaking to party members in the capital, Bangui, Touadera, 68, affirmed his candidacy, responding positively to the United Hearts Movement’s request. First elected in 2016 after French intervention ended a brutal civil war, Touadera was re-elected in 2020 amid unrest and fraud allegations. Supporters hail him as …
Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadera was officially invested in Bangui, the candidate of the United Hearts Movement (UNMC) in the presidential election scheduled for December 2025. This decision was taken at the end of the second ordinary congress of the ruling party, which brought together several thousand activists and delegates from the various provinces of the country as well as from the diaspora. They reaffirmed their support…
Central African Republic’s President Touadera Announces Bid For Third Term
Touadera won a second term in 2020, though militants, including the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), have fought to overturn that result. The post Central African Republic’s President Touadera Announces Bid For Third Term appeared first on StratNews Global.
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