By RFIPosted on 16-10-2019Modified on 16-10-2019 at 00:18

Guillaume Soro is officially candidate for the Ivorian presidential election of 2020. The former president of the National Assembly announced it last Saturday in Valencia, Spain, where he met activists. The news is far from a surprise, but its hasty nature raises questions.

We expected an announcement with great fanfare, it is finally in a relatively discreet and unexpected way that Guillaume Soro declared to present himself to the supreme magistracy.

For the parties that support it, this announcement from abroad can be seen as a way for the former rebel leader to stand out definitively from the ruling party RHDP (Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace) and President Alassane Ouattara .

A strategic choice therefore to cut short rumors that the former president of the National Assembly would return in the ranks of the ruling party RHDP. In any case, this is the hypothesis put forward by Soroist deputy Alain Lobognon : " In Côte d'Ivoire, some people believe that Mr. Soro is not a candidate and that he was preparing to leave his bags RHDP. It's a way of answering them, telling them niet: '' I'm here, I'm staying there, I'm running for the 2020 presidential election ''.

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According to the parliamentarian, his champion, who officially launched this weekend his movement Generations and Peoples Solidarity, continues to suffer attacks on power. Latest: Interpol's attempt to arrest Soro in Barcelona on 8 October. And here too, Alain Lobognon sees the hand of the Ivorian State.

" Mr. Soro, who has friends at Interpol Lyon, seized the latter who marked their surprise. But it is clear that those who came forward said they were acting on behalf of Interpol. Is this Interpol Abidjan? Members of the parliamentary group will ask the Minister of Security to explain because it is unacceptable that we use Interpol for political settlements , "says Alain Lobognon.

The Sorois parliamentarians also intend to seize the American, French, Spanish and European authorities to shed light on this affair.

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