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The nine presidential candidates challenging incumbent President
Ange-Felix Patasse said on Friday that they "reject in advance" the results of the first-round vote, news agencies reported. In a joint statement, the opposition candidates said the 19 September election results would be rejected because of 'the breaching of legality." The candidates called for "popular resistance to prevent an electoral coup d'etat by the candidate Patasse," the statement added. Election results are due to be announced by Bangui's Constitutional Court by 3 October.
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