FRN Warns UN That Constitutional Change Could Endanger Doha Peace Process

The Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), formerly AFC/M23, raised concerns with a UN delegation led by MONUSCO chief James Swan over a possible constitutional change in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Vice-president Bertrand Bisimwa said the agreements and protocols signed in Doha are based on the current Constitution and that changing it would collapse the peace process. The FRN asked the United Nations to urge President Félix Tshisekedi to abandon the initiative. The statement comes after the National Assembly and Senate adopted a bill on the organization of a referendum.