By Mark Banchereau
Congo’s President announced a national commission will be set up next year to draft a new constitution for the central African country, raising concern among the opposition over possible altering of the presidential term limit.
Felix Tshisekedi was reelected in December with results questioned by the opposition and has spent much of his time in office trying to gain legitimacy after a disputed 2018 election while struggling to put an end to the armed conflict in the country’s east to the disgruntlement of many.
“Our constitution is not good,” Tshisekedi said Wednesday during an official visit to Kisangani, the capital of Tshopo Province in the country’s northeast. “It was drafted abroad and by foreigners,” he added, referring to the 2003 peace agreement signed in South Africa that put an end to a deadly civil war and set up a government of national unity.
Congo’s current constitution was drafted in the country and adopted
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