The government, which has little control outside of the capital, Bangui, said Bozize was intending on marching on the capital with his men. Bozize was banned by the country's top court from running in the upcoming election.
At the same time, the leaders of the three main rebel groups which control large swaths of the country announced an alliance on Saturday.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years...has called on all sides to work together and ensure credible elections. UN peacekeeping forces have also been deployed following recent outbreaks of violence.
FEAR OF DESTABILIZATION AND FRAUD
Bozize, 74, came to power in 2013 following a coup and was later ousted in 2013 after a different group of fighters took control of the capital.
The court rejected the former president's request to run in the election citing the international arrest warrant filed by the Central African Republic for charges of murder, arbitrary arrest and torture.
Bozize was said to have accepted the decision. However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
the government in Bangui has claimed he is trying to "destabilize the country."
"This is clearly an attempted coup d'etat that the government denounces during this electoral period," said government front man Ange Maxime-Kaagui.
For their part, the opposition was concerned about possible large-scale fraud in the electoral process.
The UN mission in the country, MINUSCA, has deployed troops to disperse rebel hard boyz who had taken control of roads leading to the capital.