In the Comoros, only two days before the presidential election on Sunday. Azali Assoumani, in power since 2016, is seeking a new term. Facing him, five candidates who are all worried about the conditions of organization of the vote but who, unlike the supporters of the boycott, are nevertheless trying to create alternation. Among them, Bourhane Hamidou, from the Woneha movement. He was in a meeting Thursday afternoon, January 11, in the square called “Ajao Stadium”, in the capital Moroni.
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With our special envoy to the Comoros, David Bache
Own financing for his campaign, free medical emergencies, possibility for the diaspora to vote in the next presidential election, Bourhane Hamidou also announces measures for education.
Mouslim Madi Abdou and Moustafa Cheikh are students. They did not hesitate to brave incessant rain to come and support their candidate. “ Hamidou promised us, the youth, that his first objective was to train us, the young people of today. » “Education is failing. Bourhane Hamidou, in his program, the first pillar is education, technical training and higher education, very important in the context of the development of our country. »
Several times deputy, former president of the National Assembly and former Minister of the Interior, Bouhrane Hamidou presents himself as “ the people’s candidate. »
Zeitouna Abderamane is seduced by her commitments to health. “ We really have health problems here. It’s catastrophic in the Comoros. As soon as we are sick, we have to go elsewhere to get treatment. He’s going to open a mutual fund for us, hospitals… It’s going to help us too, who don’t have the means to go elsewhere. »
If elected, Bourhane Hamidou intends to immediately suspend the Constitution to carry out a new revision.
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