{"id":20913,"date":"2015-10-30T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/central-african-republic-leader-elections-only\/"},"modified":"2015-10-30T10:54:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T10:54:59","slug":"central-african-republic-leader-elections-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/central-african-republic-leader-elections-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Central African Republic leader: Elections only way out"},"content":{"rendered":"

{The interim leader of Central African Republic has told the BBC that delayed elections must be held in the troubled country before the end of this year.
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“There is no alternative for us because we cannot stay indefinitely in a transitional process,” Catherine Samba-Panza told the BBC.<\/p>\n

However, she admitted the security situation was far from ideal.<\/p>\n

The CAR has been wracked by violence since a mainly Muslim rebel group, Seleka, seized power in March 2013.<\/p>\n

Seleka has since been forced out of the capital Bangui but still control some parts of the country.<\/p>\n

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President Samba-Panza told the BBC’s Newsday programme that people are keen to vote and “95% of eligible voters have already registered”.<\/p>\n

“The objective of this transition is to take this country to elections because this is the only way out for us,” she said.<\/p>\n

Fresh clashes between Christians and Muslims in the capital, Bangui, in September forced the authorities to postpone the elections scheduled in October.<\/p>\n

They are now due on 13 December.<\/p>\n

But she warned that “politicians and enemies of peace are trying to stop that”.<\/p>\n

She did not name them but has previously accused both former Seleka leader Michel Djotodia and the man he replaced as CAR President, Francois Bozize, of stirring up trouble.<\/p>\n

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