By RFPosted on 20-10-2019Modified on 20-10-2019 at 01:49

At one year of the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire and after the big joint meeting of the opposition a month ago in Abidjan, the PDCI has managed to mobilize its activists for a big rally, officially in tribute to Félix. Houphouet-Boigny.

Tens of thousands of activists, but also all the party executives, as well as the leaders of the pro-Gbagbo FPI, came to listen to a very offensive speech by Henri Konan Bédié.

Invoking the manes of Felix Houphouet-Boigny and the founding fathers, Henri Konan Bédié delivered a campaign speech, even of conquest, with in his viewfinder the regime of Alassane Ouattara.

" Let's wake up and say no to this rampant dictatorship. Let us be strong, failure is not an option considered, because united and determined we have legal and legitimate means to regain state power. "

Conquering power and leading reconciliation, a leitmotif in the alliance concluded in late July between Bédié and Gbagbo during their meeting in Brussels.

"We want the release of all political, civilian and military prisoners, the return of all civil and political exiles including Laurent Gbagbo and Blé Goudé. "

The Gbagbo FPI activists are there by the thousands. The party barons too, led by their secretary general Assoa Adou.

" President Bédié Thank you! A thousand times thank you ! Thank you for the trajectory of reconciliation and peace that you have agreed to draw with President Laurent Gbagbo, whom you have never ceased to claim back among us in Côte d'Ivoire. "

It is then Soro Kanigui of the RACI who goes up to the platform to plead the cause of Guillaume Soro , in a number of balancing act which does not seem to convince the leaders of the FPI with the closed faces.

So, Konan Bédié, 86 in 2020, should he be the party's candidate? Response from two activists.

Well ... The old man, he can be here, I wish he was there. It's the party sage. With him, we can find peace

Activists' words

20-10-2019 - By Pierre Pinto

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