The former head of the Central African government Henri Marie Dondra was dismissed from office on Monday February 7 by the President of the Republic. In the process, the latter appointed his Minister of Economy Felix Moloua as successor. A succession which intervenes in a tense context.
With our correspondent in Bangui, Carol Valade
The Central African Republic now has a new Prime Minister in the person of Felix Moloua. Mathematician by training, teacher, researcher in demography and Minister of the Economy, since 2016 and the coming to power of President Touadera, of whom he is close.
We know, from a good source, that the former Prime Minister had, for nearly a week already, asked for his resignation. In office for less than a year and endowed with a profile deemed more reassuring by Western partners, Henri Marie Dondra ” however, had little room for maneuver “, tells us a relative, of “ little influence on the government “.
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Henri Marie Dondra was the target of attacks within his own party, the MCU. It will therefore have been necessary to wait for the return of the Head of State, Sunday evening, to formalize the process and put an end to the uncertainty which reigned in the capital.