The highest court in the Central African Republic has given its approval for a decision made in July to increase the amount of time a president can serve to seven years and remove the limit on how many terms they can have.
The court said that 95% of people agreed with the vote, and about 57% of people participated.
The new law makes a few changes. First, it creates a new position called the vice-president, who is chosen by the president. Second, it gets rid of the senate and replaces it with a single parliament.
It also says that people who have citizenship in two countries cannot be president. And it makes the number of supreme court judges go up from nine to 11.
In simpler words: Last September, the highest court got rid of the group in charge of creating a new law. This happened before the court’s leader, Daniele Darlan, was made to leave against his will.
The main rival parties and non-governmental organizations in the country had suggested not supporting or participating in the law changes. They believed that the changes were made to help President Faustin-Archange Touadéra stay in power forever.
They said that the group in charge of going over the constitution was being told what to do by Russia.
President Touadera has support from Russian mercenaries called Wagner. More fighters came before the vote to keep things safe.
The country, which has a lot of diamonds and gold but is surrounded by land and doesn’t have any access to the sea, has been affected by fighting and problems with its government for a long time since it became independent from France in 1960.
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Central Africa Republic court affirms lifting of presidential term limits
