We know more about the return of Charles Blé Goudé to Côte d’Ivoire. Definitively acquitted in 2021 by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the former leader of the Young Patriots will return to Abidjan on November 26 after more than 10 years of absence. A return ” appeased ” and ” useful for national reconciliation “, promised the president of his welcoming committee Friday, November 11.
With our correspondent in Abidjan, Marine Jeannin
It is a civil society organization that has chosen Charles Blé Goudé to organize his returnA: The Ivorian Foundation for Human Rights and Political Life (Fidhop). Its president, Dr. Boga Sako, spoke to the media this Friday… And he wanted to be reassuring, because the return of the former leader of the Young Patriots will be ” sober ” and ” without triumphalism “, he says:
” Minister Charles Blé Goudé believes that there was too much violence when he left Côte d’Ivoire. He wouldn’t want his return to border on the awakening of tears, of suffering. Quite the contrary. After all these years spent in prison, in The Hague, he would like all Ivorians to find themselves in his return. »
On November 26, it will be welcomed at the airport by a select committee: 150 members of his biological family and his political family, in addition to a few political figures. He will then join the CP1 place in Yopougon for a walkabout with ” 2000 or 3000 of his supporters. It will not be a meeting, promises Dr. Boga Sako, but a “ solemn moment to celebrate this reunion:
We will be very strict, and the security authorities with it. This is why my role is to raise awareness among compatriots. If you really want to see him on the 26th, the day he arrives, do everything to be at CP1 instead.
Dr. Boga Sako, president of the Ivorian Foundation for Human Rights and Political Life (Fidhop) and president of Charles Blé Goudé’s welcoming committee, promises a “sober” return of the Ivorian figure
We do not know more for the moment on his political agenda, but Charles Blé Goudé has already promised to tour the country to ” advocate national reconciliation “.