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Former minister to run in presidential polls

    NAIROBI

    The chairman of the Democratic Forum for Liberty, Charles Massi, has announced his intention to contest this year’s presidential election. Massi, a former agriculture minister, was appointed by his party following an extraordinary assembly in the capital, Bangui, on Monday, Gabonese radio reported. President Ange-Felix Patasse, chairman of the ruling Central African People’s Liberation Movement, has also said he will be standing for reelection.

    Meanwhile, Patasse, in an interview with RFI last week, indicated that the presidential elections would be held before the constitutional deadline at the end of August.

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