Central African Republic: the organizing committee specifies the contours of the republican dialogue

Minister of State Obed Namsio, Chief of Staff to the Presidency and Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Republican Dialogue, October 27, 2021 in Bangui.

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It now seems to have been confirmed, the armed groups will not be included in the republican dialogue promised by the end of the year in Bangui by the President of the Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

The Head of State had already indicated in his speech, but this position was not unanimous within the organizing committee where the opposition is represented.

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With our correspondent in Bangui,

Carol Valade

Duration, budget, number of participants ... The organizing committee is progressing slowly in its work and we now know the main lines of the republican dialogue.

It will last a week to allow the 450 participants to express themselves.

The list is not yet established, but each entity has a quota.

We already know that armed groups will not be represented: 

" 

The republican character imparted to the dialogue does not offer the organizing committee of the Central African dialogue to include the armed groups and

the CPC rebels

in the list of participants even if the question could be addressed during the dialogue 

", specified Obed Namsio, Minister of State and Chief of Staff to the Presidency, Chairman of the Organizing Committee.

For the latter, there remain two solutions: either the APPR, that is to say the Khartoum agreement for those who are signatories, or for the others the initiative of the ICGLR.

“

 The Luanda roadmap which is the initiative of the member countries of the Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) aims to deal with the cases of those who are not signatories of the APPR, for example, the former President François Bozizé or former members of the defense and security forces who joined the CPC

 ”, continues the Minister.

A dialogue that remains to be funded

We also know the budget: 160 million CFA paid by the State for the organizing committee and 555 million for the dialogue itself.

But funding remains to be found.

The president calls on international partners: “

 without funding, we cannot fix a date 

”.

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  • Faustin-Archange Touadéra

  • Central African Republic

  • Francois Bozizé