By RFPosted on 24-10-2018Modified on 24-10-2018 at 00:05

A demonstration against the dismissal of the Speaker of the National Assembly was held Tuesday, October 23 in the PK5 district in Bangui, where Abdou Karim Meckassoua was elected deputy.

Several hundred citizens walked quietly Tuesday, October 23 at PK5 in support of the Speaker of the National Assembly. A petition was filed last Thursday to demand the dismissal of Abdou Karim Meckassoua . Ninety-five MPs have signed, but this number is disputed, some claiming not to have signed this document.

Patrick Kossangue is the coordinator of Abdou Karim Meckassoua's parliamentary group - The Way of Hope - in the 2nd district of Bangui. " We are doing this march for legal support because the accusations against the Speaker of the National Assembly are meaningless," he says. This does not even respect what is provided for in the rules of procedure of the National Assembly. So this is the people of the Central African Republic who are showing their dissatisfaction with what the MPs are orchestrating to destabilize the country again, again. "

There is no attempt at destabilization, says Mathurin Dimbelet. The second vice-president of the National Assembly justifies this step. He pleads a crisis of confidence towards Abdou Karim Meckassoua. " Personally, I asked that the president of the National Assembly go to rest, he explains. It is that, instead of provoking a crisis like the country knows, there is a legal way to say: Mr. President, we find that your management is not the right one and we ask you to withdraw. "

A new conference of presidents is expected this Wednesday in the National Assembly. It should determine the rest of the procedure.

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