Thanks to a lively press conference this Saturday, the Progressive Union (Up) party took an analytical look at the current pre-election situation in Benin. Among other points discussed, the speakers deplored the firm position of the Democrats (Ld) party on the question of sponsorship even when elected Up officials were ready to sponsor the candidate duo of the Democrats.
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<< …Certains de nos élus ont décidé de parrainer le duo qui serait issu du parti dénommé Les Démocrates. Ils ont dû garder leur fiche jusqu’au dernier moment, sans savoir exactement quel duo parrainer dans l’imbroglio qui a été orchestré au sein de ce parti et ses alliés. >>, laments Lazare Sèhouéto, the main speaker.
He said that one could not lower the fever by breaking the thermometer, an allusion made to the consequences of the questioning of the electoral laws by the party of Eric Houndété. According to the speakers, in politics, it is not the decision that is taken that counts and proves useful but, it is the moment when it is taken that, very often, makes it effective. . With the pace that things are taking, they notice, a fringe of the political opposition (notably the Democrats) is in the process of moving away, itself, from the presidential election and rushing, once again, into the impasse after the last legislative and municipal elections that they decried.
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