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The constitutive badembly of the Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), a unified party so wanted by President Albadane Ouattara, takes place on Monday in Abidjan.
The Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI), the main ally of Rbademblement des Républicains (RDR) Albadane Ouattara, does not feel concerned by this event and Henri Konan Bédié has already warned his activists that they would be excluded automatically if they participated. On the other hand, he authorized three executives of his party, Charles Koffi Diby, the president of the economic council, Patrick Achi, the secretary general of the presidency and Siandou Fofana, the minister of tourism and recreation to participate in the constitutive badembly of the RHDP as mere observers.
The second most important absent will be Guillaume Soro, president of the National Assembly and vice-president of the RDR, on mission in Canada at this time. Expected to Abidjan, July 15, he preferred to extend his stay, raising the wrath of some barons of power.
Who will challenge the warning of Henri Konan Bédié?
The great unknown remains the actual presences unified party supporters and senior executives of the PDCI against whom Henri Konan Bédié issued a warning
"All will be there. We scheduled the constitutive general badembly in the afternoon to allow the personalities detained in Yamoussoukro for the funeral of the patriarch Jean Konan Banny to rally Abidjan, "said a source close to the organization.
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The RHDP will be composed of the RDR and some micro-parties like the Union for Democracy and Peace (UDPCI) Abdallah Mabri Toikeusse, the Ivorian Workers' Party (PIT) of Professor Joseph Séka Séka, the Movement of Forces for the Future (MFA) of Siaka Ouattara and the Union for Ivory Coast (PUIC) of Serge Anicet Yao Brou.
With the exception of the UDPCI, all other political formations (PIT), (MFA) and (PUIC) are shaken by internal leadership crises between anti and pro-RHDP.
1,500 Expected Congresses
"We could not wait for President B Edie. The head of state, Albadane Ouattara, has shown a lot of patience. The first agenda of the unified party was planned in December 2017, "says Jeune Afrique a minister member of the organizing committee that states that 1,500 delegates are expected.
On the forecourt of the hotel Sofitel Abidjan Ivoire, 26,000 activists who will follow the event on the big screen
The distribution of participants was based on the weight of each political party. The RDR has about 550 delegates, PDCI cadres favoring the unified party should be about 380 and the others will share the rest of the seats. The organizers have nevertheless planned to gather on the forecourt of the hotel Sofitel Abidjan Ivoire 26,000 activists who will follow the event on the big screen.
Conquest of power in 2020
Two speeches will mark the event: that of Abdallah Mabri Toikeusse, on behalf of the allied parties, and Albadane Ouattara, who, without much surprise, will hold the presidency of the RHDP as desired by the RDR at its political bureau on July 9.
appointment of the president will be defined during the meetings whose duration will not exceed two hours. As for the composition of the new RHDP management, it will be made public at the end of the work. After the creation of the RHDP, which will centralize the main activities of the parties, they will not disappear immediately. A transitional period of more than ten months is planned before the complete merger. And a big congress will consecrate the unified party that will go to conquer the power in 2020 during the presidential election.
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