Africa News of Thursday, 28 May 2020

Source: GNA

Laurent Gbagbo's party to participate in the coming elections

President Laurent Gbagbo President Laurent Gbagbo

The party of former president Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), will participate in the October 2020 presidential election, the chairman of the electoral committee of the FPI, Tapé Kipré, has announced.

Mr. Kipré reaffirmed the decision of party to participate in the next Ivorian elections, to "win”.

To this end, 206 information and awareness-raising missions are being used to draw up administrative documents, in particular the national identity card (CNI) and the nationality certificate, as part of the registration of populations on the listing of the next elections.

”The Electoral Committee specified that this vast mission, called“ Operation Electoral Flood ”will be carried out, from June 5 to 7, in all the federations of this party in Côte d'Ivoire and in all the representations and sections of the party in the country.

He asked the people to go to the enrollment centers in order to have their national identity cards (CNI) drawn up "while we are fighting together to get them free".