COD-2020, a coalition of the largest opposition figures, has so far rejected the proposal to join the new Central African government. She will eventually join him at the end of the national dialogue announced by the President of the Republic for the next few days. Under certain conditions.
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as reported from Bangui, Carol Valade
During the consultations before the formation of his government, Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra offered a position in the opposition coalition COD-2020. An approach that is not unanimous in power, MCU.
At the moment, COD-2020 is decreasing. “Joining a government of President Touadéra today, whose legitimacy we are denying, would be a real crime on the part of the opposition, and insist that there is no political compromise with the post-election crisis,” the spokesman for the coalition explained. , Mig Nicolas Tiangaye.
This refusal is not definitive, but it is said by the spokesman who sets conditions for this proposal. “We must first enter into an inclusive political dialogue. There must be a national consensus on the country’s main orientations and it is on this basis that we can, yes or no, agree to join this government that we must know the programmatic scope and political goals. leads to peace and national reconciliation, he explains.
And that’s the rub. For opponents, this dialogue must take place under the leadership of the international community with an external mediator and must include active armed groups, including the CPC.
“Excluded” for the government as well as for the UN. Defense groups must first lay down their arms and refrain from violence in order to be included in the dialogue.
