The dialogue between the government and the opposition to ease the political climate in Côte d'Ivoire was suspended on Tuesday without an agreement being reached, after a week of talks, in view of the legislative elections to be held in March, he learned. 'AFP with participants.
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Blockages persist on the release of political leaders imprisoned after the presidential election of October 31, the return of exiles, including ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, and the recomposition of the electoral commission, which the opposition considers unbalanced in favor of power, an opposition official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Electoral violence linked to the presidential election, boycotted by the opposition which called for a campaign of civil disobedience, left 85 dead and 500 injured between August and November.
Several opposition officials spoke of the need for direct dialogue between the leaders of the three major Ivorian parties, President Alassane Ouattara and former presidents Henri Konan Bédié (current leader of the opposition), and Laurent Gbagbo.
Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko hailed a
"consensus for the continuation of dialogue"
, with a view to
"easing the political climate"
, in his speech concluding the talks.
"The problems that remain unresolved will be the subject of future sessions, the process remains open,"
said Koffi Niamkey, main negotiator of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI, the first opposition party).
"The opposition platform has reservations but has not withdrawn from the dialogue, it is a dynamic",
judged Adama Bictogo, number two of the party in power, ensuring that
"the legislative elections will indeed take place in March 2021 ”.
"The most important thing is that the opposition goes to these elections,"
he added.
The power had so far evoked a poll in the
"first quarter".
No date for a resumption of political dialogue has been put forward.
The Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), the party of former President Gbagbo, already announced last week its participation in the legislative elections.
The PDCI has not yet spoken.
During his inauguration on December 14, Alassane Ouattara had called for relaunching political dialogue to get out of the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, following Henri Konan Bédié, a few days earlier.
Several opposition leaders, including his spokesperson, former Prime Minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan, are being prosecuted and imprisoned after proclaiming a "transitional" regime supposed to replace President Ouattara, of whom they did not. had not recognized re-election for a controversial third term.