Absent from the first government team of President Patrice Talon's second term, the Movement of Elites Engaged for the Emancipation of Benin (MOELE- BENIN) by Jacques Ayadji is not surprised. Through a press release, the officials of MOELE-Benin made it known.
Contrary to several observers of the political thing, the party of Jacques Ayadji was well aware that it will not make its entry during the ministerial reshuffle carried out by the Head of State, Patrice Talon to start his second five-year term. “The Political Bureau welcomes in this regard the spirit of consultation of the Head of State during the last meeting with a delegation from the National Director Office of MOELE-BENIN on 27 avril 2021, meeting during which the delegation was informed of the intention of the Head of State to renew his government team, donc de la non-participation de MOELE-BENIN au premier gouvernement du deuxième quinquennat.. » peut-on lire dans un communiqué publié par le parti samedi 29 May 2021 on his Facebook page. However, the National Political Bureau of the party affirmed that the President of the Republic promised them "the progressive participation of the militants of MOELE BENIN in other spheres of the State and the Administration"..
otherwise, party officials did not fail to congratulate all the members of this first government of President Patrice Talon's second five-year term and wish them "full success in their respective national missions"..
Also the Movement of Elites Engaged for the Emancipation of Benin expressed "its consideration and admiration to the President of the Republic for the search for governmental balance, in the continuity of the development actions initiated from the first five-year term, for the promotion of talent, especially the young people and women of his government, who demonstrate great responsibility and high human qualities in the exercise of their missions” .
Finally "the Political Bureau of MOELE-BENIN reassures the Head of State of its unwavering support and invites all political parties, all trends combined, to show a positive spirit and to put the supreme interest of the country before any other consideration”
D. TOLOMISSI