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Court hears case to disqualify Central African Republic's president from December election
Petition challenges President Touadera's eligibility based on lineage rules amid his bid for a third term after term limits removal in 2023, court hearings ongoing.
- On Wednesday, the constitutional court in Bangui began hearings on a petition seeking to disqualify President Faustin Archange Touadera from the Dec. 28 election, filed by the Observatory for Democratic Governance.
- The Observatory for Democratic Governance, the petitioner, claims Elysée Nguimalé says the name Touadéra 'means a child abandoned by his maternal uncles' and that Article 65 indicates an unknown father and 'ambiguous' origin.
- Government officials have publicly rejected the challenge, noting Territorial Administration Minister Bruno Yapandé called it a tool intended to 'sow confusion among the population' and the final list of candidates remains unpublished.
- The petition could reshape a contest in which Touadéra seeks a third term, as the removal of term limits in 2023 enables his extended rule while opposition leader Anicet Georges Dologuélé faces passport denial.
- The upcoming Dec. 28 election occurs as the president seeks Russia as a security partner amid a persistent security crisis in the Central African Republic.
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Court hears case to disqualify Central African Republic's president from December election
A constitutional court in the Central African Republic on Wednesday began hearings on a petition seeking to disqualify the country’s leader from running in the upcoming December presidential election.
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right4Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left, 37% Center
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources are Center
38% Left
L 38%
C 37%
R 25%
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