The reconciliation dialogue in the Central African Republic with the unarmed opposition and civil society, promised 20 months ago by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, will be held from March 21 to 27, according to a presidential decree on Tuesday.
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The Republican Dialogue is convened from Monday March 21 to Sunday March 27, 2022 in Bangui
", specifies the decree signed by Faustin-Archange Touadéra, re-elected at the end of December 2020 but with the participation of less than a third of the electorate due to a vast rebel offensive, largely repelled since with the intervention of hundreds of Russian paramilitaries.
In June 2021, Faustin-Archange Touadéra had promised this “
dialogue of national reconciliation
” in a short time, but since then the announcement has been long overdue and the planned duration, seven days, seems short.
Indeed, "
more than 450 participants from the living forces of the Nation, opposition and civil society
" must meet at the National Assembly, government spokesman Albert Yaloke Mokpeme told AFP and will carry "
on peace and security
”.
“
We no longer want armed groups and rebellion in our country
,” he stressed.