During a news conference Monday night, March 22, in Niamey, opponent Mahamane Ousmane challenged the presidential candidate’s ruling from the Constitutional Court, which validated Mohamed Bazoum’s victory. Mahamane Ousmane calls for a peaceful march across the territory, for the mobilization of the people and for the support of the constituted bodies and the armed forces.
The election of Mohamed Bazoum to the presidency was validated on Sunday by the Constitutional Court. But his opponent, Mahamane Ousmane, on Monday condemned in this validation a “violation” of the Constitution. He actually considers such a proclamation to be illegal, even though his appeals have not been investigated. In a statement read to the press, he claimed victory.
Given the preamble to the Niger Constitution, “the sovereign Nigerian people”, decided to consolidate the achievements of the republic and national independence, decided to build a rule of law guaranteeing the exercise of individual and collective rights and freedoms on the one hand and on the other a free and independent justice, deeply rooted in the principle of pluralistic democracy, reaffirming its absolute opposition to any political regime based on oppression, dictatorship, arbitrariness, impunity, injustice, corruption, nepotism, personal power and cult of personality … and in by virtue of the election freely expressed over my humble person by the same people as the elected president, we cannot accept that our victory is confiscated by an oligarchy in order to maintain power at all costs. ”
To the composite bodies and to the defense and security forces: to support the struggle of the Nigerian people and not to obey any clearly illegal order and, moreover, given by an authority itself illegal and illegal.
Mahamane Ousmane
He also called on the people, the embassies present in Niger and the security forces to deny the fait accompli. “We urge the sovereign Nigerian people to immediately mobilize as a man of brotherhood and national cohesion to defend their sovereignty through a democratic and peaceful march across national territory. And to defeat by any legitimate means this attempt to overcome power. ”
• For Abdourahaman Zakaria, Spokesman for the President-elect, Mahamane Ousmane must abide by the decision of the Constitutional Court.
Mahamane Ousmane knows he did not win the election. And his supporters, or at least the conspirators who tricked him into giving him their support, also know that Mahamane Ousmane did not win the election. The Nigerian people have expressed themselves and the Court by electing Mohamed Bazoum as President of the Republic of Niger. The Constitutional Court, which is the competent jurisdiction in constitutional and electoral matters, proclaimed the final results: Mohamed Bazoum is President of the Republic of Niger. The Nigerian people have spoken freely. He elected Mohamed Bazoum and we must accept the decision of the Constitutional Court and get back to work.
Abdourahaman Zakaria, spokesman for Mohamed Bazoum
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