Central African Republic: Faustin Touadéra candidate for the presidential election of December 27
Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, interviewed by Christophe Boisbouvier in Yerevan, October 11, 2018, after his speech at the platform of the Francophonie summit.
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In the Central African Republic, it was the last day this Saturday, September 26 of the congress of the presidential party, the MCU.
Gathered at the Bangui sports center, the delegates of the United Hearts Movement have just invested their candidate Faustin-Archange Touadéra for the presidential election on December 27.
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The President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, announced on Saturday his candidacy for the presidential election scheduled for December 27, in a country bruised by more than seven years of civil war.
"
The date of September 26 is a founding stage in the march of the Central African people towards their future which will be made up of security, peace, social cohesion of living together and development in unity and dignity and work
"
, said Faustin Touadéra.
The main rival of Faustin Touadéra should be, this time,
François Bozizé
, back for a year in the country, if his
candidacy is validated
.
The presidential election should in principle be held on December 27.
A dozen other candidates have already declared themselves for the presidential election, including Anicet Georges Dologuélé and Martin Ziguélé, two former Prime Ministers, as well as Catherine Samba-Panza, President of the Transitional Republic from 2014 to 2016.
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Central African Republic
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