Ivory Coast: Affi N'Guessan chairs an extraordinary central committee of the FPI
Pascal Affi N'Guessan, August 27, 2020 in Abidjan.
(Illustrative photo) AP Photo / Diomande Ble Blonde
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In Côte d'Ivoire, Pascal Affi N'Guessan is chairing, this Saturday, August 14, an extraordinary meeting of the central committee of the FPI, at the party's headquarters in Abidjan.
This meeting comes after the announcement, by Laurent Gbagbo, of his intention to create a new political formation and to renounce the FPI, legally passed into the hands of Pascal Affi N'Guessan, while the former Ivorian president was in captivity at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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With our envoy to Abidjan,
Jean-Luc Aplogan
The meeting started shortly before 12 noon local time in the Deux Plateaux Vallon district, at the party's headquarters.
“
We chose this place for the symbol.
Here, it is the house of the FPI
”,
explained Pascal Affi N'Guessan, at the beginning of the meeting.
It is a building in the colors of the party, blue and white.
The central committee is held in the headquarters meeting room.
It is full.
An appatam is set up in the courtyard for those who have not found a place inside, and speakers relay the words that are made there.
Pascal Affi N'Guessan, in his introduction replied to Laurent Gbagbo.
"
Thank you for coming in large numbers
", he said before adding that "
the envelope that is said to be empty is full.
Tell Mr. Gbagbo to send a second envelope
”
.
Thunderous applause.
He goes on and confirms the break.
For him, this is the outcome of the crisis:
"
We are here to talk about the future, that is to say the continuation without Laurent Gbagbo
".
But before, he wanted to make the genesis of ten years of crisis.
Resolutions will be taken at the end of the work and then Pascal Affi N'Guessan will host a press conference.
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