BANGUI, July 30 (Reuters) - Central African Republic is voting on a constitutional referendum on Sunday which, if it passes, could remove a presidential term limit and allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to run for a third term in 2025.
Touadera was first elected in 2016 for a five-year term and won reelection in 2020 for what was supposed to be his final term in office.
Opposition parties and some civil society groups have called for a boycott of the referendum, saying it was designed to keep Touadera in power for life.
What I really want is stability for the country to progress," said Laurent Ngombe, a teacher and one of the first people to vote.
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