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Opposition rows over government posts

    NAIROBI

    Meanwhile, divisions have appeared in some opposition parties over the issue of whether to join the new government of President Ange-Felix Patasse, media sources said. The opposition Parti de l’unite nationale (PUN) had decided on 13 November to suspend its third vice-president, Jean-Bruno Vickos, after he was appointed Patasse’s minister of telecommunications and new technologies. Vickos’ decision to join the government was “a serious violation of the party’s principles”, a PUN statement said. A group of “dissidents” within the Front patriotique pour le progres (FPP) of Abel Goumba had called for Goumba’s replacement because of his decision not to have a member of the party join Patasse’s government, the sources added.

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