Martin Ziguélé's gracious acceptance of defeat on 25 May may help avert potential conflicts after the decisive 65 per cent victory of General François Bozizé in the second round of the presidential election. Ziguélé, Premier under exiled ex-President Ange-Félix Patassé, had been neck-and-neck with Bozizé in the poll.
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