The Alliance for Democratic Alternation in 2026 (2AD2026): this is the name of a new opposition coalition which made its official launch on Thursday 13 April. It brings together three parties including the Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD) of former President Jacques Joachim Yhomby Opango. This new alliance says it wants to work for power to change hands, while President Denis Sassou-Nguesso could run in 2026 for a fifth term if he wishes.
With our correspondent in Brazzaville, Loicia Martial
In a room in the prefecture of Brazzaville, in front of an audience of activists, Jean-Jacques Serge Yhomby Opango, vice-president of the RDD, signed the declaration creating this platform which does not hide its ambitions. ” We are going to work for our Alliance to be the presidential movement in 2026. We have the people with us. The goal is for there to be a political alternation in 2026 because the country is going down the drain “, did he declare.
Destin Gavet of the Republican Movement (MR) was brought to head this platform for a period of six months. It presents the strategies of the coalition. “ Through this Alliance, we will solve the problems that undermine our country during the elections, in particular electoral governance and the electoral register that must be cleaned up. We saw fit to put this structure in place to tackle these issues together “.
Jean-Pierre Agnangoye of the People’s Party is also a member of the Alliance. “ The bodies that plan and conduct all pre-electoral and electoral operations are monopolized by a single party, the party in power. De facto, the rules of the game are screwed from the start. This problem of electoral governance must be tackled “.
According to its initiators, the 2AD2026 remains open to all opposition formations.