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Campaigning Starts in Central African Republic Quadruple Election
About 2.3 million voters, including 749,000 first-timers, face elections amid ongoing violence and opposition boycotts, testing governance and peace efforts in the Central African Republic.
- On December 28, voters in the Central African Republic will elect their president, lawmakers and local leaders, with the electoral authority expecting 2.3 million voters including 749,000 first-timers.
- Earlier this year, delays over electoral roll, funding, and security issues, plus constitutional changes, challenged candidate eligibility and led opposition to announce a boycott.
- United Nations peacekeepers and foreign contingents have helped stabilise parts of the country, but armed groups still attack and deny safe access, while almost 665,000 are refugees and over 440,000 internally displaced.
- Legal moves over nationality have become a central campaign flashpoint as courts stripped Anicet-Georges Dologuele of his Central African passport in mid-October, prompting a complaint to the UN human rights office.
- Earlier this year, the UN described the elections as a crucial chance to strengthen governance, reconciliation, and stability, with Abdou Abarry saying, `This is an opportunity to commend the remarkable recovery of the country, which is laying the foundations for peace consolidation among domestic actors and has undertaken measures to secure its borders, notably with Chad and Cameroon.
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In the Central African Republic, the electoral campaign opens this Saturday 13 December for two intense weeks, in preparation for the municipal, regional, legislative and presidential elections scheduled for 28 December. In a context in which transparency of the vote remains a major issue, a research centre linked to civil society innovates and has launched a digital platform called "Watch Your Vote".
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Leaning Left9Leaning Right9Center13Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Center
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