{"id":32568,"date":"2026-04-21T07:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32568"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:16:59","slug":"drc-ruling-party-backs-push-to-change-constitution","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/drc-ruling-party-backs-push-to-change-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC ruling party backs push to change constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is edging closer to constitutional reform after the ruling party endorsed plans to amend the country\u2019s 2006 constitution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a document circulating on social media, President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi\u2019s party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, has voted to move forward with the proposed changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tshisekedi has been pushing for constitutional reform for some time, a move that is already stirring political tension across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was re-elected for a second term in December 2023 with more than 70% of the vote, though opposition parties rejected the outcome, alleging fraud.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They now argue that changing the constitution could open the door for him to remain in power beyond 2028, when his current term is expected to end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22455,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-32568","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"DRC is edging closer to constitutional reform","published_date":"2026-04-21 07:16:16","news_description":"DRC is edging closer to constitutional reform","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32569,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32568\/revisions\/32569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}