Unhappy with the visit to the PDCI’s headquarters for National Reconciliation Minister Kouadio Konan Bertin, five to six well-educated men, from the JPDCI’s leadership, wanted to prevent a pressure point being maintained by attacking journalists present on the spot.
as reported from Abidjan, François Hume-Ferkatadji
“KKB”, a former “dissident” candidate in the last presidential election, returned to the PDCI headquarters for the first time since he was expelled from the party in October 2020.
A former member of the opposition party, it was in his new clothes as Minister for National Reconciliation that he met the PDCI’s executive secretary, Maurice Kakou Guikahué, as part of a series of meetings with the political parties in Côte d’Ivoire. , which aims to calm political life.
A meeting that was interrupted by 4 to 5 men, determined to prevent the two men from having a joint press release.
These individuals, members of the PDCI, specifically the “rural” branch of the JPDCI, knocked over the microphones installed on the podium and urged the representatives of the media to leave.
Some journalists who refused to leave the premises to cover this meeting were thrown out and attacked. During the clashes, two NCI journalists were attacked. They left the party headquarters with torn clothes, slightly damaged and their equipment became unusable.
According to a source within the Youth of the PDCI (JPDCI), activists wanted to protest against the normalization of relations with Minister “KKB” while 65 members of the PDCI are still in prison, including five party officials.
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