Ivory Coast: Adama Bictogo elected new president of the National Assembly
Adama Bictogo was overwhelmingly elected President of the Ivorian National Assembly on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. AFP - SIA KAMBOU
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In Côte d'Ivoire, the National Assembly has a new president.
Adama Bictogo was elected on Tuesday by his fellow deputies to succeed Amadou Soumahoro who succumbed a month ago to a long illness.
A plebiscite for the RHDP deputy since even the opposition deputies voted for him.
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With our correspondent in Abidjan,
Pierre Pinto
With 237 votes for Adama Bictogo and only six small votes for the other candidate, the PDCI Jean-Michel Amankou, the election to the perch of the RHDP deputy does not suffer from any dispute.
Jean-Michel Amankou had presented his candidacy against all odds.
He had not been invested by the former single party.
“
The Ivorians are watching us, dear deputies.
You have your conscience with you.
The democratic game must be in order!
he said from the podium before the vote, after the president of the PDCI group Simon Doho called on the opposition to vote for Bictogo in the name of consensus and national reconciliation.
For Simon Doho, this vote for the adversary is a "
very strong sign of approval for the organization of the next high-level meeting of the "big three"
".
An Ouattara-Bédié-Gbagbo meeting could actually take place soon, according to some politicians.
At the perch and for his first speech as titular president of the National Assembly Adama Bictogo therefore also thanked Presidents Bédié and Gbagbo for having supported his candidacy.
“
The rally and the consensus that we have called for have become a reality through this election.
This unprecedented fact will remain etched in the history of our democracy
,” declared the MP for Agboville.
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