{"id":34998,"date":"2026-05-21T07:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34998"},"modified":"2026-05-21T07:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:32:50","slug":"drc-opposition-unites-against-presidents-constitutional-reform-plan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/drc-opposition-unites-against-presidents-constitutional-reform-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC opposition unites against President\u2019s constitutional reform plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opposition leaders in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are joining forces to block President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi\u2019s proposed reforms to the country\u2019s 2006 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move has intensified political debate in the DRC, with critics arguing that constitutional changes could reshape the country\u2019s political balance ahead of future elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In an interview from Kinshasa, retired DRC parliamentarian Kizerbo Kasereka welcomed the opposition\u2019s united stance against the proposed reforms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opposition\u2019s decision to unite against the constitutional reform proposal reflects growing concerns about protecting democratic institutions and preserving the spirit of the 2006 Constitution,\u201d Kasereka said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kasereka was speaking during an interview with journalist Abedi Jean dela Croix on the growing political tensions surrounding the proposed constitutional changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14571,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-34998","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Opposition leaders in DRC are joining forces to block President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi\u2019s proposed reforms","published_date":"2026-05-21 07:07:58","news_description":"Opposition leaders in DRC are joining forces to block President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi\u2019s proposed reforms","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34998","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\/34998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34999,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34998\/revisions\/34999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}