The Beninese opposition does not disarm, a month before the presidential election, the Democratic Party calls on former President Boni Yayir still Patrice Talon for a dialogue and an inclusive election on April 11. The Electoral Commission and the Constitutional Court removed all the heavyweights of the opposition from the race. No major candidacy faces Patrice Talon.
as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc Aplogan
This is a demand that the opposition does not give up with the aim of stopping an election process that it considers locked in and exclusive. The Democratic candidate was eliminated due to lack of sponsorship by the Electoral Commission and The Constitutional Court did not pick it up.
“We were excluded from the legislative election, we were deprived of the local elections, we are preparing a third expulsion”, indignant a baron from the party.
In front of the press on Thursday, it is the third deputy chairman Tigri Allassane who returns to the demand for dialogue. “The Democratic Party calls for a national dialogue, the only way out of the crisis. No presidential election without the opposition. Let us not be afraid of an inclusive presidential election. ”
For Vice President Abdoulaye Gounou for the majority, it is a request that is simply unrealistic. “One month before the election, this is no longer possible. This request for opposition is rejected. Any proposal that does not go in the direction of a peaceful vote is invalid. We need to move on. ”
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