Ruling political party in Democratic Republic of the Congo eyes constitutional reform

DR Congo's ruling party called on its members Friday to work towards a constitutional reform which the opposition fears could extend President Felix Tshisekedi's term in power. The current constitution "has demonstrated its limits in the exercise of public power," Augustin Kabuya, secretary general of Tshisekedi's party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, (UDPS) said in a circular posted on X. Kabuya invited the party's leaders to "mobilise and raise awareness" among its members about the "benefit of implementing the process of revising the constitution". [ . . . ] The population voted by referendum for the current constitution in 2006, with parts of it revised in 2011. Under the current constitution a president is still limited to two five-year terms. Changes to the Congolese constitution must be voted in by referendum or by 60 percent of the members of parliament.
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