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Opposition cries foul as voters in CAR approve tenure elongation

Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadera arrives to attend a visit and a dinner at the Orsay Museum in Paris, France, November 10, 2018 [Benoit Tessier/Reuters]

Opposition leaders in the Central African Republic (CAR) have condemned the adoption of a controversial draft constitution that paves the way for presidential tenure elongation in the volatile country.

Mathias Morouba, head of the national poll body announced on Monday that voters cast 95.27 percent of their ballots in favour and 4.73 percent against, with a turnout of 61.10 percent in the referendum which began on July 30.

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