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In 1985 the CRMN was dissolved, and Kolingba named a new cabinet with increased civilian participation, signaling the start of a return to civilian rule.

The process of democratization quickened in 1986 with the creation of a new political party, the Rassemblement Démocratique Centrafricain ( RDC ), and the drafting of a new constitution that subsequently was ratified in a national referendum.

General Kolingba was sworn in as constitutional President on 29 November 1986.

The constitution established a National Assembly made up of 52 elected deputies, elected in July 1987.