The Beninese head of state Patrice Talon promulgated the electoral code modified and validated by the Constitutional Court on March 14 after a dozen appeals. This code, which is not to the taste of the opposition, civil society and the clergy, toughens the conditions for the upcoming legislative, municipal and presidential elections in 2026.
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With our correspondent in Abidjan, Jean-Luc Aplogan
On March 14, the Constitutional Court declared the code complies with the fundamental law; the day after, Patrice Talon promulgated it.
On the day of promulgation, the CSO platform urged the President of the Republic to request a second reading of the code, potential sources of non-inclusive electoral processes, according to civil society. But the complaint went unanswered.
This Tuesday, the Democrats party held its classic meeting on national news. In the final declaration, the electoral code was still in the crosshairs with this regret: “ The lack of consensus around this fundamental text. She urges the Beninese people to remain mobilized and committed against arbitrariness and exclusion “.
The clergy who, on the eve of the examination of the appeals, had joined other religious leaders to say that they were opposed to this code, did not react officially.
Citizen appeals to the same Constitutional Court against the code are now possible. Before this promulgation, only the President of the Republic and the deputies had the legitimacy to do so.