Ivorian presidential election: the opposition seems ready to unite
Guillaume Soro seems to convince the rest of the opposition with these proposals for joint action (illustrative image).
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After the validation by the Constitutional Council of the candidacy of Alassane Ouattara, the opposition seems to be approaching to block it.
They all agree on two things: Alassane Ouattara's candidacy is illegal and the conditions are not met to organize peaceful, transparent and fair elections.
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First, Wednesday September 16, the EDS, the pro-Gbagbo platform calls for mobilization for future demonstrations against the Ouattara candidacy.
"
We are going to fight so that the elections take place in a suitable legal framework, in a suitable security framework
" declared one of Gbagbo's lieutenants, Assoa Adou, promising to consult with his "
PDCI allies
" on the actions to be taken .
A "
unity of action
"
The next day, Guillaume Soro calls for his opposition to "
a unity of action to stop Mr. Ouattara [...] by all legal and legitimate means
".
By this, he intends to seize the UN, AU, EU and ECOWAS to obtain a review of the electoral process and a new election.
Because the leader of GPS also insists that there will be "
no elections on October 31
", without explaining how concretely he intends to prevent it, but not excluding to appeal to the streets.
On Twitter, Henri Konan Bedié for his part congratulated himself on “
the unity of action proposed by GPS and supported by the FPI.
[…]
The PDCI is obviously associated with this approach.
".
On Thursday, the PDCI also decided to boycott the CEI commission where the party had a representative.
The party will participate in it as long as the institution has not been reformed.
Does this mean that the PDCI will throw its activists into the streets and that Henri Konan Bedié, 86, will not go to the poll on October 31?
While waiting to clarify his position, Bedié receives all the opposition this weekend.
N'Guessan corossif against Ouattara ... and Konan Bédié
Pascal Affi N'Guessan, also a candidate, also supports this proposal for a gathering.
However, in a meeting this Friday, the former Prime Minister had not very pleasant words to the place of Ouattara and Bédié: “
For 30 years you piss us off.
For 30 years, your political ambitions have disfigured this country
”.
Not sure that the dean of the opposition appreciates.
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