Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Regime Change: France's Objective in CAR

Regime change: France’s objective in CAR

January 14, 2014

A political commentator says France had one real objective of “regime change” in the Central African Republic.

Finian Cunningham wrote in a recent article for Press TV that the violence in the African country “has been deliberately provoked by the French as a cover for their real objective — regime change”.

“Western media portray French conduct in the Central African Republic as a benevolent force,” the political analyst stated. This is like lauding a fox in a hen house.

“The reality is that violence and suffering have largely stemmed as a direct result of illegal French interference in that African country,” Cunningham added.

The Central African Republic has been gripped by unrest since Seleka rebels seized control of the landlocked country in March 2013, ousting former President Francois Bozize and bringing Michel Djotodia to power.

Djotodia resigned on January 10. He has left the country and is said to be going into exile in Benin.

“Djotodia was forced to step down after he was politically ambushed by other Francophile African leaders at a special conference convened . . . in neighbouring Chad,” Cunningham argued.

“The French tried to cover their tracks by saying ‘we are not here to give our thumbs up or down’ but that is exactly what they were doing — giving the thumbs down.”

Alexandre Ferdinand Nguendet is the interim president of CAR now, while the National Transition Council, or the provisional parliament, is scheduled to begin consultations with politicians and civil society members on Monday about electing the successor to Djotodia.

Meanwhile, Christian mobs and militias are threatening to kill Muslims despite relative calm in the crisis-hit CAR.

There have been reports of attacks on mosques and looting against Muslim-owned shops and houses in the capital, Bangui.

“The Christians only want to destroy the Muslims; they killed women and children here. We are scared. We don’t know why they attack us. They don’t want us in the Central African Republic, where else can we go,” a Muslim man told Press TV in Bangui.

This is while a Christian mob told Press TV, “We will do exactly what the Muslims did to us.

“They killed us, so we will do the same to them. We want peace in the country. We want peace in the Central African Republic. So we will cut the throats of all the Muslims,”

The United Nations has already warned of a potential sectarian genocide in the country.
Violence has been raging even after the country’s interim leaders Djotodia and Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye both stepped down on Friday in an effort to ease tensions.

Antoine Mbao Bogo, the local Red Cross president, on Sunday confirmed 13 deaths in two days of consecutive intense clashes in the country’s capital since January 10.

— Press TV.

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