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Touadéra received 53.9 percent of the votes, which means that there will be no second electoral round.
One of the opponents, Anicet-Georges Dologuélé, who obtained 21 percent of the votes, described the election as “a sham” and told the AFP agency that “there were many irregularities and many cases of cheating.”
The run-up to the December 27 elections was rocked by violence. According to official figures, there was no participation in 29 of the 71 sub-prefectures of the country.
The 63-year-old Touadéras government controls only about a third of the former French colony, while an alliance of rebels since December 19 controls the rest of the country. The rebels are said to be backed by Francois Bozizé, the former president who was ousted and wanted internationally for murder and torture, and Touadéra has accused Bozizé of attempting to carry out a coup, something the latter denied.
On Monday, prosecutors said they had begun investigating Bozizé’s role in trying to disrupt the elections.
On Sunday, the city of Bangassou in the southern part of the country was captured by rebels. The UN, which has more than 12,000 people in the peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic, says the city was calm on Monday, but that staff from various aid organizations have sought protection from the UN.
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