State of acquiescence
On 29 September, the Charter for Peace & National Reconciliation was endorsed by 97.4 per cent of voters, with a turnout of 79.5 per cent, according to official figures. But the charter, which seeks to consign a decade of violence to history, also helps to strengthen the hand of the president.
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