Sure that power is at its "reach in 2020" the FPI calls for a "new alliance" with the people

"2020 is within our reach because we have the political capacity to arouse new hope and mobilize our compatriots for the reconquest of power," said Affi N'guessan, in front of thousands of activists at the Sports Palace. Abidjan.

He called "solemnly, urgently (…)" for the "constitution of a national alliance for democracy and peace in Côte d'Ivoire", adding that "the first alliance concluded with the people led the country with political pluralism and freedom of opinion and expression. "

M. Affi has hammered that the current head of state Alassane Ouattara has "failed" because "the fraternity between the sons of this country was assassinated, the State is no longer the embodiment of the will of all Ivorians and is now an instrument of the "winners" of the post-election crisis of 2010-2011.

For him "the end of the Ouattara regime is close" because "the Ivorians want out" of his governance borrowed from a "thought clan, "a factor that he says produces" a government of predators and a corrupt regime. "

He noted that the commitment to the future and the ambitions of Gbagbo's party, currently held in The Hague, require a unit within the FPI, inviting the other fringe led by Abu Drahamane Sangare, to return to the fold because "the slingshot is not a political project."

For its part, Madeleine Blé, representative of the Alliance of Democratic Forces (A FD), an opposition coalition of which the FPI is a member, called on the allies to be "united and united" and the militants of former President Laurent Gbagbo's party to be together.

Jacob Atta, Delegate of Freedom and Democracy for the Republic (LIDER), an opposition political party also in the grip of dissent, called the opposition to unity, announcing for the presidential election of 2020 the candidacy of its leader, Mamadou Koulibaly

The theme of this 4th Congress, held 17 years after the 3rd in 2001, is "Mobilization and commitment to democracy and alternation in 2020". It is a platform for reflection on the management of the power of the REIT from 2000 to 2010 and the prospects of the party.

This congress which opened Friday ends on Saturday with the election of the FPI, the election of the party chairman and members of the Political The FPI was accompanied by a delegation of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI), an ally of the presidential party.

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