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In Côte d’Ivoire, the two opponents Pascal Affi N’Guessan and Albert Toikeusse Mabri are wanted by the courts for their participation in the creation of a “National Transitional Council” on 2 November. Acts constituting an attack and a conspiracy against state authority, the prosecutor explained to the press on Friday, November 6th.
as reported from Abidjan, Pierre Pinto
In front of reporters, Abidjan prosecutor Richard Adou gave a number of details about the arrests of opponents in recent days. November 3, the day after the announcement of establishment of a “Transitional National Council”about 20 people were arrested at the home of Henri Konan Bédié.
Nine have since been released. But twelve are still in the hands of justice, including No. 2 on the PDCI, Maurice Kakou Guikahué. The president of the legal FPI, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, who on behalf of the opposition announced the creation of this transition, and the president of the UDPCI, Albert Toikeusse Mabri, are “on the run and actively sought”, according to the prosecutor.
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For Richard Adou, by setting up a “Transition Council” and by announcing a parallel government, the opposition leaders have committed themselves to a act of sedition “Constituting an attack and conspiracy against the authority of the state and the integrity of the national territory”. But prosecutors did not wait for the announcement of the transition to launch an investigation.
Referring to the consequences of the opposition’s calls for civil disobedience and an active boycott, on October 30, the day before the election, the prosecutor accused the dean of the probation judges of opening an information court, especially for terrorist acts, attacks and conspiracies against state authority, , organization and participation in a rebel movement …
Finally, the prosecutor confirmed that he had not arrested Henri Konan Bédié for fear that he would not support the detention “given his age and taking into account his physical condition”.
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