Legislative 08 January 2023 : The specimen of the single ballot is ready

After the draw for the position of the logos took place on 21 November 2021, the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (Who) presented the specimen of the single ballot which will be used for the ballot of the 08 January 2023. It was the past week in the presence of the representatives of the seven political parties qualified to take part in the legislative elections..

One could say that the objective pursued by the leaders of the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (Who) by presenting the specimen to candidate political parties is achieved. This, insofar as the electoral management body in Benin received several observations before the production of the final ballot in large numbers. input, the president of the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (Who) recalled some articles of the law which govern the positioning of the logos of political parties on the single bulletin. These include articles 32 and 71 of Law No. 2019-43 of 15 November 2019 on the Electoral Code in the Republic of Benin, it is a good idea to invite them to take their opinions and give them a few copies of the physical version of the specimen. "This contributes to transparency and to the satisfaction of each other and makes it possible to ensure that the logos have been correctly reproduced after printing," said Sacca Lafia.. He then urged the representatives of the political parties to indicate their observations which will be taken into account.. The representatives of the seven parties present including Moele- Benign, Up the Renewal, Udbn, Mpl, Fcbe, The Democrats and the Republican Bloc have, in unison, hailed the work done by the Autonomous National Electoral Commission.

However, they made some observations. Among other things, the dimensions of the quadrilateral are not equal for all the logos but also the colors. Tebe experience, Chairman of the People's Liberation Movement points out that the resolution of the specimen is not sharp. The representative of the Democratic Union for a New Benin, Cyrille Djikui, has for its part, suggested that the definition of the party acronym placed at the bottom of the logos be removed in order to enlarge the logo so that it is more visible. A proposal unanimously adopted by the other representatives present. Requests received with a good open-mindedness by the president of the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (Who). So that corrections no longer suffer criticism, Sacca Lafia asked parties whose logo colors are blurred, to send another copy of the logo so that the specimen is printed again taking into account all the remarks. He has, to finish , concluded that they will be called back to take the physical version of the specimen.

Patrice ADJAHO