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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Presidential and legislative campaigns begin

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The presidential and legislative campaigns are officially launched in the Central African Republic on Saturday, December 12, 2020. In a country heavily ravaged by the civil war for more than seven years, this election will be under high surveillance with the presence in the country of 11,500 peacekeepers sent by the UN to ensure the safety and smooth conduct of the vote. Outgoing President Faustin Archange Touadéra appears well placed to seek a second term.

Observers and political scientists are convinced that outgoing President Faustin Archange Touadéra will remain at the head of the country at the end of the presidential and legislative elections, the first round of which is scheduled for Sunday, December 27, 2020. Two former prime ministers, Anicet-Georges Dologuélé and Martin Ziguélé, are among the 16 other candidates running for the Supreme Judiciary.

On Saturday, December 12, 2020, outgoing President Faustin Archange Touadéra, very confident, launched his campaign on a football field in the north of the capital in front of thousands of supporters dressed in blue and white, the colors of the United Hearts Movement (MCU) party. They were constantly chanting “Premier Tour K.O”, the slogan of his campaign.

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This hope of being returned to the head of the country is fueled by a key factor: the invalidation of the candidacy of his only real rival, ex-president François Bozizé, prosecuted in his country for “assassinations” and “torture”. The UN also accuses him of having supported the counter-insurgency of so-called “anti-balaka” militias since his exile. Moreover, the fall of this former president in 2013 plunged the country into constant instability that resulted in thousands of deaths and several refugees.

Since 2013, therefore, clashes of unspeakable violence have opposed armed groups with Muslim dominance called the Seleka, the killers of President François Bozizé and the anti-balaka militias, mostly Christian and animist. In addition, the UN accused the two camps of war crimes and against humanity in 2015.

However, a peace agreement has been reached since February 2019 between the 14 armed groups and the government. However the ex-Séléka militias, ex-anti-balaka allow themselves to rape him sometimes by attacking civilians.

On the day of the presidential election, 1.8 million voters will be called to the polls to elect a president and 140 MPs. The second round is scheduled for February 14, 2021.

       

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