constitutional term Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/constitutional-term/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 constitutional term Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/constitutional-term/ 32 32 DRC mediators set a Christmas deadline https://jjcornish.com/2016/12/drc-mediators-set-christmas-deadline/ Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/12/drc-mediators-set-christmas-deadline/ Mediators in the Democratic Republic of Congo have set themselves a tough deadline for striking deal between the opposition and a president who is staying in power after his constitutional term expired two days ago. They says they want to determine an election date suitable to both sides by Christmas. The mediators, mainly churchmen and […]

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]]> Mediators in the Democratic Republic of Congo have set themselves a tough deadline for striking deal between the opposition and a president who is staying in power after his constitutional term expired two days ago.

They says they want to determine an election date suitable to both sides by Christmas.

The mediators, mainly churchmen and women, have a deadly imperative attached to their work.

The death toll from protests this week against President Joseph Kabila’s cling to power is approaching  three dozen.

They include a South African peacekeeper.

Kabila maintains the constitution allows him to stay in office until an election can be held.

And if a new voters roll has to be drawn up, this could take until mid 2018.

Major opposition groups are having none of it.

They says the Congolese people must go to the polls with months.

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