“The revision of the constitution is bringing crisis in our country”

2023-05-30 00:43:38

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Raoul Gblessougbé

Guest of the program ”Zone Franche” on Canal 3 this Sunday, May 28, 2023, Dr Raoul Gbléssougbé, member of the Les Démocrates party, spoke on several subjects that are in the news, including the question of the revision of the constitution. For him, Beninese will adhere to the revision of the constitution, when there is consensus around the points that would have led to it. According to him, it is the crisis of confidence, which makes the populations often oppose this revision because there are these leaders, who only target their interests. The expert in democratic governance fails to understand the real motivation to revise the constitution again, if in 2019 it has been done. “What is still missing from this constitution for us to revise it. The revision of the constitution is bringing crisis in our country. You will have noticed all the times that we talk about it. President Kérékou has failed. President Boni Yayi was suspected, but people refused,” he said. The Canal 3 guest thinks that the Head of State, Patrice Talon is in his second term. And that in principle, he can no longer be a candidate in any presidential election. He also pointed out that the president had said at the beginning that we can do the job in 5 years, before adding that if there is no betrayal among the Democratic deputies in the Assembly, the idea revision of the constitution, cannot pass. Addressing the question of the suspense around the dismissal of a minister Aurélien Agbénonci, he pointed out that communication in matters of governance of public affairs is not optional, even if it is up to the president to choose and dismiss a minister. . Dr Raoul Gbléssougbé deplored the withholding of government information. “It is mandatory. It is part of the criteria of good governance. It gives a certain discomfort, especially since when we talk about dismissal, it assumes that there is a fault that has been committed and the people have remained waiting to be informed about these deviations which could have justified the dismissals. We did not reshuffle so that people would leave the government. So there is a fault,” he explained. In his argument, he recalled that all the ambassadors are summoned to discuss it with the Head of State. With regard to the question, the guest of the program invites the government to favor the “prevention” solution. “There is not only the repressive solution to fight against terrorism, it is necessary to privilege prevention. Before being a security problem, the problem is a governance problem. It usually starts with problems of frustration on a social, identity, political level… The objective is to be heard. It takes a holistic approach. Give satisfaction to those who are frustrated. Offer alternatives to young people. We must resolve the situation of precariousness, ”he proposed.

Alban Tchalla