ocr: The return to democratic elections in 1993 after Gen. Kolingba's single-party rule brought in Ange-Félix Patasse as president. He was Bolassa's prime minister in the 1970s, but was jailedfor dissent and subsequently went into exile in Paris. His party, the MLPC,is the most important in the new parliament but can govenn only in coalition with others, notably the CFD grouping led by Abel Goumba, a veteran opposition figure. Balancing coalitions can be a problem in the CAR- - it was the confusion of alliances in Dacko's goverment which ledto Kolingba's coup in 1981. Grave economic problems, which ...
