First instance body dealing with electoral disputes
Central African Republic
Law N° 13.001 on the Constitutional Charter of Transition / Loi n° 13.001 portant Charte Constitutionnelle de Transition
Art. 76 (2): There shall be a Transitional Constitutional Court in charge of ruling onelectoral disputes.
(« Il est institué une Cour Constitutionnelle de Transition chargée de connaître du contentieux électoral. »)
Link: http://presidence-rca.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Charte-Constitutionelle.pdf
Following the suspension of the 2004 Constitution and the dissolution of the democratic institutions, the Central African Republic is currently in a transitional period, whereby the National Transitional Council is in charge of adopting a new electoral law. The Transitional Constitutional Court was established on 15 August 2013. (Sources: SINGÄ TI UBANGI, “Centrafrique: La Cour constitutionnelle de transition siège pour la première fois”, available athttp://www.singatioubangui.org/2013/10/08/centrafrique-la-cour-constitutionnelle-de-transition-siege-pour-la-premiere-fois/ and Centrafrique Presse Info, “République centrafricaine : la transition, malgré l’insécurité”, available at : http://www.centrafrique-presse.info/site/info-point_de_vue-3402.html )
