Presidential election in Ivory Coast: Henri Konan Bédié candidate for the nomination of the PDCI

Former Ivorian president and head of the PDCI Henri Konan Bédié at a rally of the RHDP political bureau on June 17, 2018. SIA KAMBOU / AFP

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The former Ivorian president Henri Konan Bédié, 86, announced this Saturday June 20 that he would be a candidate for the nomination of his party for the presidential election of October 31. 

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Henri Konan Bédié is officially a candidate for the presidential election. The former Ivorian head of state, 86, announced this Saturday, June 20 in Abidjan during a PDCI ceremony officially urging him to present himself at the candidate's nomination convention for the party in end of July. An agreement for which no other application has yet been submitted.

"  I will donate my person,  " said the former head of state, asking officials of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) gathered at his home in Abidjan to mobilize the militants to "  assure him a brilliant victory  ". at the investiture convention on July 26.

A false suspense

Undisputed leader of the PDCI, Henri Konan Bédié, thus puts an end to a false suspense by responding to a call from party officials, asking him "  insistently  ", "to apply for the nomination convention of the candidate  ".

One of the main party officials, Jean-Louis Billon, who was presented as a possible candidate, announced his withdrawal in favor of Henri Konan Bédié. The PDCI will nominate its presidential candidate scheduled for October 31 during an “  exploded convention  ”, due to coronavirus, on July 25 and 26. The deadline for submitting applications is July 31.

Two presidential candidates have already declared themselves. The ruling party appointed Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly in March, who has been in France since the beginning of May due to heart problems. Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro, former ally of President Alassane Ouattara, declared himself the first but faced several legal procedures including a sentence of 20 years in prison with forfeiture of civil rights and lives in exile in France.

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