Legislative 2023 in Benin : The government for the political challenge

A few months before the legislative elections scheduled for 8 January 2023, many questions run through the minds of people from civil society and the Beninese political class who still remember the last legislative elections where opponents were unable to obtain the necessary papers to take part.. In an interview with ORTB and E-Télé, on Sunday 10 July 2022, the Deputy Secretary General and government spokesperson spoke about the inclusive nature or not of the elections.

Wilfried Léandre Houngbédji affirms with conviction that “the Beninese government has never done anything to prevent the elections from being inclusive in our country”. The spokesperson for the Beninese executive reassures that the government will carry out "all the diligence at its expense so that all the parties and all the political parties interested in the holding of the elections participate in the legislative elections of 8 January 2022 ». He adds in the transcript made by the online site kpakpatomedias that "The Government is eagerly waiting for the political challenge to be in order during these elections so that the forces which support it and those which are opposed measure their electoral powers and that 'on arrival the people decide'.

To finish, he specifies that it is definitely necessary to turn the page of the elections Where we note scuffles, tensions and clashes so that the pre-electoral periods, elections and post-elections are moments of celebration.

Leopold GBEGAN