Legislative 2023 : A digital platform for applications

The recording and study of the files of candidatures for the legislative elections of the 8 January 2023 will be done through an electronic platform. The computer tool was presented last week. It is an initiative of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IGD), the Netherlands Institute for Democracy and Multipartyism (NIMD) in close collaboration with the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (PRICE).

The presentation of the platform is followed by an appropriation workshop by representatives of political parties. It is a simple tool to use according to the technicians. She presents, Nevertheless, two levels of use. Firstly, political parties will use it to present and order their candidacy files by electoral district. The other, the Autonomous National Electoral Commission will use it for the reception and the control then the follow-up of the clearance process. “It is a sort of integrated platform that is deployed at the Autonomous National Electoral Commission for the end-to-end management of the registration process., of examinations and validation of declarations of candidacy” will say its president, Lafia bag.

It is implemented within the framework of the Strengthening and Support of Inclusive and Democratic Political Parties Program (Rap-pid). A program carried out thanks to the support of the Embassy of the Netherlands. "It's his contribution to peaceful elections" said Olivia Diogo, Dutch Ambassador to Benin. For Azizou Chabi Imorou, Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IGD), the objective is to build the capacities of political parties so that they contribute to peace and properly play their role in the entrenchment of Beninese democracy.

Arnaud ACAKPO (Coll)