The former president of Central African Republic (CAR), Ange-Félix Patassé, has died in Douala, Cameroon, from complications apparently due to diabetes. However, it is being claimed that his death could have been avoided if the authorities in Central African Republic had allowed him in time to go out of the country for treatment. As an opposition leader after he was defeated in election in 2003, he contested the presidential election again in 2011 but lost. He cried foul after he lost and questioned the legitimacy of the current president who claimed to have won the election with over 64% of the votes. Thus, the former president was now seen as a danger to national security. His repeated request to go for treatment outside the country was denied. When he was finally permitted to go for treatment outside the country, it was too late. He died in Douala, which was merely a stopover on his way to Equatorial Guinea.
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