In Bangui, two weeks before the legislative and presidential elections, this code of conduct initiated by the National Electoral Council Framework was to be signed by presidential candidates and political parties. However, the signing must be postponed.
as reported from Bangui, Charlotte cosset
The government, diplomatic missions and representatives of high institutions have moved. But in the end, it is the platform for religious confessions through the voice of Pastor Guerekoyame-Gbangou that announced the postponement of this signature.
“Everything must be done on the basis of consensus. Above all, we are in the context of a conflict that has disintegrated the country, the cohesion … We must prepare things so that we do not start again on a bad basis. We are there to help, as religious leaders, speak to each other’s hearts so that they understand that it is first and foremost the national interest that takes precedence, we do not want to privilege selfish interests. ”
Only three of the seventeen presidential candidates made the trip. Among the fireproof, the platform of the opposition. COD2020’s position is clear: signing the Code of Conduct does not add to the electoral process, on the one hand, and for us, the signing of this Code of Conduct must be the result of a political consensus following national consultation. As long as there is no national consultation, no signature of the code of conduct “, explains Nicolas Tiangaye, spokesman for COD2020.
Discussions will still take place in the next few days as the election campaign officially begins this Saturday 12 December.
A High Level Delegation – the President of the Central African Economic Community (ECCAS) Commission, Ambassador Gilberto Da Piedade Veríssimo, and the UN Secretary – General’s Special Representative for Central Africa. François Louncény Fall – launched a three-day joint visit on 10 December. They must face the various political actors as the election approaches. They met especially in Bossangoa François Bozizé, the former head of state whose candidacy was rejected.
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