The election of a new transition president for Central African Republic among the eight candidates began on Monday morning in Bangui through a secret ballot by members of National Transition Council.
Xinhua reports that out of the eight candidates contesting for the interim presidency are two women, Catherine Samba-Panza and Regina Konzy- Mongot, two sons of former presidents, Bilal Nzanga- Kolingba and Sylvain Ngakoutou and Jean Kette, Maxime Takama, Gros Nakombo and Nestor Nali.
It said that the election of a transition president followed the resignation of ex-transition president Michel Djotodia on January during an extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) in Chad.
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