"Central African Republic opposition leader Anicet-Georges Dologuele rejected on Friday the results announced by the National Authority of Elections (ANE), alleging ‘widespread irregularities’ and questioning the credibility of the outcome. “We have established blatant and irrefutable discrepancies between the results displayed locally and those proclaimed by the ANE,” Dologuele told journalists at a press briefing in Bangui. “We solemnly reject the results proclaimed by the ANE and we will refer the matter to the Constitutional Council,” he asserted. The opposition leader described the overall atmosphere in the country following the results as ‘grim,’ saying, “No manifestation of joy or satisfaction, a lot of sadness, contained anger, a sense of betrayal, and moral violence.” “We will not back down. We will not be silenced. We will go all the way. Because democracy is not proclaimed. It is respected,” underlined the URCA party candidate. Dologuele also warned that his personal security had been threatened during the last 24-hour period. “My security was gravely threatened and members of my security, regular army soldiers placed at my disposal by the FACA General Staff, were abducted from my home,” he claimed. Incumbent President Faustin-Archange Touadera was provisionally re-elected on Monday in the 2025 presidential poll, in which he was reported as securing 76.15% of the vote. Touadera, who has been in power since 2016 and completed two presidential terms between 2016 and 2025, is set to begin a new seven-year mandate. It follows a 2023 constitutional change that removed term limits and extended the presidential term."