CAR / BALLOT BOXES ARRIVAL

Sealed ballot boxes containing votes from seven out of 16 prefectures Central Africa Republic have arrived Wednesday at the premises of the National Elections Authority (ANE) in capital Bangui. MINUSCA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:17
• Production Date: 31 December 2020
• Asset Language: French
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• Subject Topical: ELECTIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 2595779
• Parent Id: 2595779
• Alternate Title: unifeed201231b

Description

STORY: CAR / BALLOT BOXES ARRIVAL
TRT: 1:17
SOURCE: MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 30 DECEMBER 2020, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, MINUSCA helicopters landing
2. Med shot, MINUSCA peacekeepers securing the area
3. Various shots, offloading of ballot boxes with votes
4. Close up, sealed ballot boxes
5. Various shots, UN officials overlooking, as more ballots boxes are offloaded
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Me Mathias Barthelemy Morouba, President of the National Election Authority (ANE):
"This afternoon the results from the provinces have started to arrive in Bangui. With the help of our partner we received some seven prefectures today so we will continue to process them and with God’s will tonight we will start publishing the provisional results one polling station at the time."
["Cet après-midi, les résultats de provinces sont commencés à arriver à Bangui donc avec le concours de notre partenaire nous avons reçu environ 7 préfectures aujourd’hui donc nous allons continuer à traiter ces résultats et s’il plaise à Dieu ce soir nous allons commencer la diffusion des résultats provisoires bureau de vote par bureau de vote"/
7. Various shots, convoy leaving airport with ballot boxes from the provinces
8. Med shot, offloading of the ballot boxes at the ANE in Bangui
9. Wide shot, ANE officials offloading the ballot boxes
10. Close up, sealed ballot boxes

Storyline

Sealed ballot boxes containing votes from seven out of 16 prefectures Central Africa Republic have arrived Wednesday at the premises of the National Elections Authority (ANE) in capital Bangui.

Nearly two million Central African voters went to the polls on December 27, 2020 to elect their president and deputies. With the voting over, ballot boxes with casted votes from the prefecture's (regions/provinces) have started to arrive in the capital Bangui- M’poko airport for processing.

MINUSCA, the United Nations Peacekeeping mission in Central Africa has provided air and ground transport and security throughout the electoral process.

SOUNDBITE (French) Me Mathias Barthelemy Morouba, President of the National Election Authority (ANE):
"This afternoon the results from the provinces have started to arrive in Bangui. With the help of our partner we received some seven prefectures today so we will continue to process them and with God’s will tonight we will start publishing the provisional results one polling station at the time."

The processing of the results will take eight days according to the Central African electoral code. The first partial results of the presidential and legislative elections of December 27 will be known on January 4.