When a pair of Russian diplomats arrived at Daniele Darlan’s office in Bangui two weeks after the start of the war in Ukraine, 3,200 miles away, the judge was shocked by the boldness of their proposition.
“The Russians said — and I was more than surprised by their openness — ‘We have come to see you with one question: how could the necessary changes be made to the constitution to allow the president to remain in power?’” Darlan, who headed the constitutional court in the Central African Republic, said.
