By RFPosted on 02-09-2019Modified on 02-09-2019 at 22:52

Côte d'Ivoire is still in shock after the desecration of DJ Arafat's grave. The icon of cut-off-the-wall music was buried last Saturday after a grandiose funeral at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny stadium in Abidjan. The most devout fans who still did not believe in the death of their idol opened their coffin to make sure it was his body. After the national scandal and indignant reactions, the affair takes a political turn.

If the political class has been united in condemning the desecration of DJ Arafat's tomb , it is dividing again to situate the responsibilities of this tragedy. For the opposition MP Alain Lobognon, the fault does not return to the raging fans of the Daishikan, and says: " We are all responsible for this humiliation. "

By saying " we ", the elected official of Fresco actually means the State of Côte d'Ivoire, more precisely the presidency of the Republic, which has borne the cost of the funeral, and the government in charge of their organization.

The deputy, close to Guillaume Soro, the bankruptcy of the authorities, which, according to him, should have involved the entire political class, and even associate the illustrious elders of Ivorian music such as Alpha Blondy and Tiken Jah Fakoly, so that they calm the ardor of the most excited young people.

Same story with Mamadou Koulibaly. On the site of his political party, the President of Liberty and Democracy for the Republic sees in these funerals a " political calculation " of the government, " which ended up disturbing the public order ". Before identifying Defense Minister Hamed Bakayoko as " the main master of ceremonies at the funeral ", and by extension the chief culprit.

On his Facebook page, the same Hamed Bakayoko, intimate DJ Arafat, prefers to remember the good memory of these historic funeral and " marks of love and homage to the deceased that this despicable act can not erase ."

Meanwhile, the investigation into this case of desecration continues. After the arrest of 12 people this weekend, the national police released Monday portraits of fourteen new suspects and launched search notices.

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