BRDC accuses Touadéra of seeking to eliminate checks and balances
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Corbeau News Centrafrique
The Bloc républicain pour la défense de la Constitution (BRDC), an opposition coalition led by lawyer Crépin Mboli-Goumba, published a statement on 14 November 2026 accusing Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s government of an authoritarian drift and of seeking to eliminate checks and balances. It disputes the official account of the 13 November march and rejects the dialogue framework on the cost of living proposed by the government, according to Corbeau News.
Title: “BRDC accuses Touadéra of seeking to eliminate checks and balances”
Text: The Bloc républicain pour la défense de la Constitution (BRDC), an opposition coalition led by lawyer Crépin Mboli-Goumba, accuses Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s government of seeking to eliminate the country’s remaining checks and balances. In a statement published on Saturday 14 November, the BRDC rejects the official account of the 13 November march, criticises the establishment of a dialogue body devoted to the cost of living and attacks the practices of the ruling party, the Mouvement cœurs unis (MCU), according to Corbeau News Centrafrique.
The BRDC first disputes the assessment by Minister of State for Communication Évariste Ngamana, who judged the demonstration poorly attended, saying that most Central Africans had gone about their business. The coalition notes that the MCU reacted a few minutes after the march ended, and that the government then held a press conference the following day, a Saturday. “The least that can be said is that calm has left the MCU house. And the reason for this sleeplessness is the BRDC,” the BRDC said.
The statement comes the day after the 14-day ultimatum issued to the government by the Central African opposition, united behind the BRDC. It extends a mobilisation launched on 30 October by a call to demonstrate against the high cost of living in Bangui, a march initially banned by the authorities on 8 November before being authorised.
