{At least 20 presidential candidates demand counting of ballots stops in election that brought hopes of stability.}<\/p>\n
Some 20 of 30 presidential candidates in the Central African Republic’s election have called on authorities to stop counting the votes, alleging fraud.<\/p>\n
They made the demand at a news conference on Monday, after nearly 40 percent of the ballots had been counted.<\/p>\n
Central African Republic citizens voted on December 30 in much-delayed national elections that it was hoped would bring stability after two years of ruinous communal violence.<\/p>\n
The candidates said the electoral process was marred by fraud, and that the population would question the results. Signatories include heavyweight candidate Karim Meckassoua , a former foreign minister from the minority Muslim community, who had been seen as a pre-election frontrunner.<\/p>\n
According to provisional results, Faustin Archange Touadera, prime minister from 2008-2013, had 30,999 votes followed by another former prime minister in second place, Anicet Georges Dologuele, with 28,162. <\/p>\n
More than 1.8 million people were registered to vote at more than 500 polling stations nationwide that were secured by UN peacekeepers and national security forces.<\/p>\n
Rebels from a mainly Muslim group called the Seleka seized power in the Christian-majority nation in early 2013, forcing former President Francois Bozize to flee and provoking reprisals from Christian militias known as the anti-Balaka.<\/p>\n
Militia leaders have since fuelled a cycle of religious and inter-communal violence that has killed thousands and forced a fifth of the country’s five million people to flee their homes.<\/p>\n
Authorities repeatedly delayed Wednesday’s election and the new president will face the challenge of disarming militias and convincing their leaders to give up territory.<\/p>\n
Source:Al Jazeera:[Presidential candidates allege fraud in CAR election->http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2016\/01\/presidential-candidates-allege-fraud-car-election-160105042551009.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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