The constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo could not be clearer: "The President of the Republic is elected by direct universal suffrage for a mandate of five years renewable a single time" and "the number and the duration of the mandates of the President ... cannot be made the object of any constitutional revision" . Hence, the country's current ruler, Joseph Kabila - who took power after the assassination of his father in 2001 and was subsequently proclaimed the "winner" of elections held in 2006 and 2011 - should be preparing to vacate Kinshasa's Palais de la Nation to make way for a successor who should be installed there by Dec. 20. Except there seems to be no such...
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