CAR : General Elections In Calm, Serenity

Voters in Central African Republic (CAR) on Sunday, December 27, 2020 went to the polls to elect a President and Parliamentarians in a tense context. Prior to the voting yesterday, armed groups, united in a coalition to prevent the elections began marching towards the capital Bangui but were halted by government and UN forces. Though reports say polling stations opened in dispersed order, some of them were due to the late arrival of logistics to the polling stations. At the prefectural school in the Bimbo district, the doors were still closed at opening time until the arrival of election materials and officials. Same at the town hall, where the head of the National Election Authority (ANE) for the sector told RFI reporter that because of security fears, he had preferred to wait until the day had risen to transport materials to the polling station. 
In the capital Bangui, an important security device was deployed in the city and the polling stations, the internal security forces and the Minusca were visible. At around 8:30 am, outgoing President Faustin-Archange Touadéra voted at Boganda high school in Bangui, the capital. Speaking to reporters after casting his vote the incumbent said, “This is an important moment for the Central African Republic as it seeks to emerge from crisis. I think that the right way for development, for the blossoming and the well-being of our country and our populations is democracy, the free choice of the leaders by the people”, he reiterated.
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