2024-01-01 14:50:49
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Two years before the end of President Patrice Talon’s second five-year term, concerns hover over his probable candidacy in 2026, in order to run for a third term. Even if the Head of State himself gave the assurance that he is in his last mandate, the development of the news in recent days has increased the controversy over an alleged revision of the constitution in progress. Also, in his television interview of December 23, Patrice Talon affirmed that he will not be inactive in the 2026 electoral process. Faced with this, Boni Yayi took the opportunity of his New Year’s address to call on the people to exercise its electoral prerogatives to block this. “I would like to address you this first day of the new year 2024 with consideration, respect and a lot of love to present my best wishes. In this perspective, the year 2024 will be the year of the restoration of each and every one of us, our families, our team and the Beninese nation. We will have to, like the eagle, spread our wings and move forward in terms of peace, development, dialogue, national harmony and better living together,” addressed the president of the Democrats party. For Boni Yayi, it is up to the sovereign people to now exercise their electoral prerogatives for the preservation of peace. This is the opportunity, according to him, to declare “solemnly in the face of the world and national opinion, in the name of our people and our God, that he will never have a third mandate nor a third disguised mandate in Benin.” In his message, the former head of state deplores the difficult conditions in which young people and agricultural producers find themselves; The latter, he noted, seem to give in “to the easy way by seeking to survive whatever it takes by their own means”. He says he has an affectionate thought towards his compatriots who are deprived of their freedom in prisons, in particular Reckya Madougou, Joël Aïvo and others.
Alban TCHALLA
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