Thousands of opposition activists and sympathizers gathered on Saturday, October 10, at the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan for a large rally against Alassane Ouattara’s candidacy for a third term and for environmental reform. elections before the October 31 presidential election.
as reported from Abidjan,
Henri Konan Bédié once again condemned the “violation of the Constitution” and accused Alassane Ouattara in particular of “high treason” and the Constitutional Council of “perjury.” “The RHDP’s dictatorship will be defeated,” the former Ivorian president said. , appealing to the UN: “I hereby solemnly ask UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take up the Ivorian cause for the establishment of a truly independent and credible electoral body before the presidential election scheduled for 31 October”.
A clarification on the goal was made by Pascal Affi N’Guessan. “The slogan of civil disobedience aims to achieve the political transition to the rebirth of Ivory Coast,” the FPI candidate declared.
Several incidents
But the meeting was full of incidents. The sound system made its own and held several speeches by senior opposition figures almost inaudible. “The regime had installed jammers”, the organizers were carried away. They also accuse the regime of having hampered the arrival of the militants, especially by blocking dozens of buses, as in Aboisso, in the south-east of the country.
Several testimonies also point to the stones on buses with opposition activists heading to the stadium this morning. For the organizers, this explains why it took long hours to fill the stadium, as the opposition had refueled during its last meeting in Yamoussoukro a month ago.
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