/ 4 April 2001

CENTRAL AFRICAN PRESIDENT TO ‘PUNISH’ MINISTERS

THE president of the Central African Republic, Ange-Felix Patasse, has accused outgoing ministers of incompetence and announced that some of them would be “punished”. Patasse was speaking as he bid adieu to former prime minister Anicet Georges Dologuele, whom he dismissed on Sunday, without official explanation. Many failed in their duty. This is a serious professional fault and these ministers will be punished,” he said, without giving details. – AFP