By RFIPubliée on 23-06-2019Modified on 23-06-2019 at 23:02
A little over a year from the presidential election, the Ivorian Network of Young Leaders for Integrity calls for the maintenance of a free identity card to facilitate the enlistment of young people on electoral lists.
Those under 35 represent 40% of those registered on the electoral lists, whereas they represent more than three quarters of the 26 million Ivorians, according to the Ivorian Network of Young Leaders for Integrity (RIJLI) which relies on 2014 general census data.
" When we talk about the six million voters, there may be two to three million young people who are old enough to be registered and not registered, " says Dr. Olivier Assanti. Kouassi, second vice-president of RIJLI.
This is why the RIJLI pleads for the maintenance of the free national identity card. The new biometric document will be available in October against 5,000 CFA francs (more than 7.50 euros). A high cost in a country where 40 to 45 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, according to the World Bank.
Added to this are the usual obstacles to obtaining documents, according to a study by RIJLI, such as " the administrative burden, the non-representation of judicial bodies throughout the territory, especially in some cities, recalls Dr. Olivier Assanti Kouassi. Doing administrative acts sometimes requires moving from one locality to another, and therefore requires transportation costs and even perhaps accommodation costs. "
RIJLI intends to launch an advocacy campaign across the country, hoping to increase to 60% the share of registered voters in the under 35 years before the presidential poll next year.
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