Benin : ex-president launchs hostilities for the presidential elections

Beninese opposition and the political party “Les Democrates” of the former president Yayi Boni launch disputes over the conditions for the organization of the presidential election of April 21, 2021.

The audit of the electoral register and the immediate application of decisions rendered by the African court of human Rights concerning the cancellation of several political reforms, these are the main demands of former President Yayi Boni.

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This latter calls for an “inclusive, peaceful, and transparent” presidential election. For Yayi Boni, the 2021 presidential electoral register is “not reliable” and deserves an “independent audit”.

Therefore, the majority’s president of the laws commission, Orden Alladatin, replies that the computerized permanent electoral commission that Yayi Boni protests has been set up by himself for ten years.