Three days before May 26, the new head of state’s traditional investment day, political tensions are mounting as a new president should have taken office. However, Head of State Azali Assoumani, who has been in office since 2016, was able to fight for his own legacy and was re-elected in 2019, following a constitutional amendment in 2018.
For President Azali Assoumani, this reform of the Constitution has restored the counters to zero and his term of office therefore now runs until 2024. Let us remember that the incumbent President was declared re-elected head of state in April 2019by the Supreme Court following a vote questioning the opposition.
She does not offend and condemns what she considers to be a new dictatorial maneuver, as emphasized by the Secretary-General of The common front of the oppositionAhmed Barwane, at our correspondent in Moroni,Anziza M’Changama.
“We are facing a stumbling block. Azali is always the problem in this country. In fact, he translates his appetite for power into reality … ”.
And Ahmed Barwan accuses Azali Assoumani of “election theft.” “We are not in a state of panic and disorder. We are a democratic front and all political leaders there are fighting for democracy and Azali’s resignation, says Ahmed Barwane.
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