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Central African Republic holds general election

Posted: 01/23/2011
Vote counting began Wednesday for Central African Republic's presidential and parliamentary elections, held on Sunday. The country’s electoral commission claimed initial results will be announced on Friday, but three out of the five presidential candidates have already rejected the results, citing widespread fraud. About 1.8 million voters cast their ballots for the presidency and the 105-member National Assembly.

Source: ElectionGuide

Funding setbacks may delay CAR elections

Posted: 07/27/2010
Presidential and Legislative elections in the Central African Republic will probably be delayed due to lack of funding, the election commission announced on Tuesday. This will mark the fourth time the polls, which were recently scheduled for October 24, have been postponed. The European Union mission in the Central African Republic announced that they would be willing to raise the initial money required, but only if the country finalizes an electoral timetable.

Source: ElectionGuide

Central African Republic Indefinitely Postpones Election

Posted: 05/20/2010
Central African Republic (May 10, 2010). Members of parliament voted last week to extend President Francois BOZIZE’s term until the next elections can be held. BOZIZE’s term was set to expire on June 11. The elections were scheduled for April 25, delayed to May 16, and are again postponed indefinitely. Election officials said they could not organize a vote by May 16, specifically citing a lack of resources to prepare voter cards. Both BOZIZE and opposition politicians back the delay. BOZIZE was elected in 2005, after taking power in a coup two years earlier. He expects to face ousted former President Ange-Felix PATASSE, who has returned from exile to contest the election.

Source: ElectionGuide

CAR Postpones Elections Again

Posted: 04/29/2010
Elections in the Central African Republic may not take place until after incumbent President Francois BOZIZE'S term ends. The development follows BOZIZE'S announcement on Thursday that Parliamentary and first-round Presidential elections due May 16 had been postponed indefinitely. The President's term expires on June 11. Elections were originally due on April 25, but aid donors and the election commission in late March said there was not enough time to prepare. Observers view this most recent postponement as a concession to opposition parties that argued even May 16 would have been too soon. BOZIZE came to power in a 2003 coup and won a second-round Presidential election in 2005. Low-intensity conflict continues in the country, where there remains a United Nations disarmament mission.

Source: ElectionGuide

Central African Republic Postpones Elections

Posted: 03/31/2010
President Francois BOZIZE has postponed the Central African Republic's general elections to May 16. The move follows advice from donor countries and the election commission that there was not enough time to prepare for the original date of April 25. One opposition party, however, says that May 16 is still too soon. A spokesman for the Union of Active Forces of the Nation insists that elections be held after BOZIZE'S term expires in June. BOZIZE came to power in a 2003 coup. The United Nations maintains a disarmament mission in the country due to continuing security concerns, including the taking of hostages as recently as last weekend.

Source: ElectionGuide

CEI Announces Tentative Election Dates

Posted: 02/24/2010
Representatives of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) on Wednesday announced April 18 as a possible date for that first-round Presidential and Parliamentary elections. If necessary, second-round voting would be on May 23. According to the CEI, these dates are contingent on revision of the voter list, an adequate budget, and, by law, a Presidential decree formalizing the timetable.

Source: ElectionGuide

Central African Republic: Ex-President's Ambitions Cause Anxiety

Posted: 06/15/2009
The former head of state of the Central African Republic, CAR, Ange-Felix Patasse, has told IWPR he will take part in presidential elections there next year, but analysts warn such a move runs the risk of tipping the fragile country into another crisis.

Read full story. Source: AllAfrica News: Latest

Presidential Candidates Sign Accord on Conduct

Posted: 02/14/2005
11 presidential candidates signed a 10 point code of conduct on February 9, 2005 called the Libreville Agreement that formalized the role of the Mixed Independent Electoral Commission as the organizer and supervisor of parliamentary and presidential elections. The parties also acknowledged the Transitional Constitutional Court as the arbiter of electoral disputes. The accord also stipulates that the presidential elections will be postponed until March 13, 2005.

Source: ElectionGuide

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