(AFP) - There are two days
BANGUI - The presidential and legislative elections in CAR, with a date yet to be set after two postponements, finally be held January 23, 2011, according to a decree of President François Bozize, read in the national radio Friday.
"President of the Republic (...) orders: the electorate Central African Republic shall be convened January 23, 2011 for presidential and legislative elections, "the statement said.
The elections, which were originally scheduled for April 25, were postponed to 16 May and then postponed a second time indefinitely. Mid-June, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had proposed to set October 24, but the President chose not to follow this advice.
such deferrals were claimed by the opposition and recommended by the committee donor of the electoral process (UN, EU, France, USA). The opposition believed that all conditions were not required safeguards, including security.
Following the second remand, a constitutional law extending the term of President Bozize - which expired June 11 - and that MPs had been promulgated.
Under the decree, "the campaign is open January 10 and closed Jan. 21 at midnight. The ballot will run continuously from 7 to 16h.
date of 24 October had been given "unanimous" in the thirty members of the CIS on June 17 They were "convinced that until the 24th of October, organizational constraints, security or budget have been limited, and that elections could be organized to the satisfaction of everybody, "the spokesman of the CIS, Rigobert Vondo.
However, the government spokesman, Faithful Gouandjika, had recalled "The head of state has repeatedly said, the new election date will reflect the security conditions and the progress of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of ex-rebels who must reach phase of disarmament. "
" The government only wants certain conditions are met before we all go to elections subsided, free and democratic ", he had concluded.
The CAR is engaged since 2008 in a peace process involving government, opposition and former rebels to try to end years of instability and inscécurité .
came to power by a coup in 2003 then elected in 2005 for five years, Francois Bozize is a candidate to succeed himself.
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