DRC's Tshisekedi told to 'give up' constitution changes

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Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a past event. [AFP]

A leading opposition figure in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday called on President Felix Tshisekedi to "give up" proposed constitutional changes that could open the way for him to secure a third term.

Elections are two years away but tensions are already high between the government and its opponents since the ruling-party-majority parliament approved a proposal to extend the presidential mandate.

"A nation at war should not have changing the constitution as a priority," said Delly Sesanga, president of the ENVOL party and member of the C64 opposition coalition.