By RFPosted on 02-11-2019Modified on 02-11-2019 at 12:25

Nigerian Prime Minister Brigi Rafini, in a speech on television on Wednesday, November 6, announced the opening of a political dialogue. This with the aim of appeasing the political climate, "deleterious" to a year of presidential elections. A positive signal according to the opposition.

Government spokesman Zakaria Abdouramane said both the majority and the opposition would participate in the dialogue . " These are the wills that have come together to exchange and move forward. So, the opposition as well as the majority and the non-affiliates, are in the same mood, in the same state of mind, "he said. This political dialogue will focus on " the question of elections, the question of the CENI, " he added.

Since 2017, the opposition refuses to sit on the Electoral Commission and challenges the new Electoral Code , but this one " Will be part of it, because it is about an electoral process. When we talk about an electoral process, it's a whole, "said Zakaria Abdouramane. " For now, I do not want to go back to what was said before, " he added.

A positive signal, according to the opposition

This national dialogue proposed by Brigi Rafini will focus on the elections at the end of 2020. Despite the failure of the consensual revision of the Electoral Code in the past, the MP Issoufou Issaka, a figure of opposition to the Assembly, believes that he is a positive signal. " The opposition has always been open to dialogue, " he says.

" The socio-political climate today is deleterious. All the consultation frameworks are down. It must be added that our country, Niger, is evolving in a context of total insecurity. The attacks, we saw them to the door of Niamey, the capital , Issoufou Issaka told RFI. We are living in a context that requires us to have a dialogue between the sons and daughters of this country, so that, with serenity and renewed confidence, we will move towards peaceful elections. "

This opposition MP " thinks that this time, each of the parties will be able to gain ground so that we reach a consensus. The leader of the opposition, His Excellency Hama Amadou , is prevented , he is out of the national territory. We are going to ask at the government level that measures of restraint be taken so that the government, the majority, shows us its good faith. "

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