🇨🇫 Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin-Archange Touadera has clinched a third term with a landslide 76.15% of votes, per provisional results released this week. The 68-year-old leader, in power since 2016, leveraged a 2023 constitutional referendum that scrapped term limits—a move critics call a 'power play.'
💥 Rivals Anicet-Georges Dologuele (14.66%) and Henri-Marie Dondra (3.19%) slammed the results as 'fraudulent,' holding fiery press conferences to demand transparency. Government officials swiftly denied these claims, calling the process 'free and fair.'
📊 With 2.3 million registered voters, turnout hit 52.42%—a figure election chief Mathias Morouba framed as proof of public engagement. But opposition leaders argue low participation in conflict-ridden regions skewed the outcome.
⚖️ All eyes now turn to CAR’s Constitutional Court, which must review petitions before finalizing results by January 20. Will this political drama spark fresh instability? Stay tuned. 🌍✨
