Article 15 (idiom)
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article-15-idiom-212-145738
title:
Article 15 (idiom)
text:
Article 15 is a humorous French idiom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which refers to an imaginary legal provision permitting individuals to take any measures, whether legal or illegal, necessitated by adverse personal circumstances such as economic hardship, crime, or oppression by the state. Originating during the Congo Crisis and popularised under the Zairean regime in the 1970s, Article 15 references a fictional provision of the 14-article constitution of the secessionist state of So
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description:
Phrase describing corruption and informality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_15_(idiom)
date created:
2020-04-03T10:26:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T00:40:55Z
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