In the Comoros, this Friday, November 15 marks the deadline for submitting candidacies for the municipal and legislative elections of January 2025. However, the United Opposition of the Comoros (OUC) coalition is still hesitant to participate, believing that the conditions of the vote are not democratic. Some of the opposition members, however, decided to enter the race. For its part, civil society is calling for active engagement on the ground.
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With our correspondent in Moroni, Abdallah Mzembaba
The new United Opposition coalition Comorossets its conditions, in particular the holding of a national dialogue, before participating in these electionswhich she considers locked. An empty chair policy feared by civil society, explains Chabane Mohamed of the Confederation of Comorian Workers. “ I think that clean elections are prepared upstream and downstream. So, I think that for the next legislative elections, if she decides to rectify the situation, to avoid dispersion, I think she can limit the damage, prevent the absolute monarchy from gaining any more ground. “, he specifies.
Since the boycott of the legislative elections in 2020, the opposition has been absent from key institutions and civil society judges that this absence has left the field free for the government. “ They should all redouble their efforts to take part in these deadlines because it has been several years since they decided to boycott, they have done nothing and the country continues on its path and the consequences, we are all suffering them. . For things to change, you have to be on the ground, but you can’t stay at home and say this or that. », Notes Moudjib Mohamed Saïd, president of the Ngo’Shawo activist movement.
The deadline for submitting applications has been extended to Friday, November 15 at midnight. A final deadline to give the opposition time to position itself for the elections at the beginning of 2025.
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