The death of the President of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI), Henri Konan Bédié is a great loss for Côte d’Ivoire, members of political parties of all tendencies have estimated and civil society, during a micro-sidewalk, Wednesday August 3, 2023 in Séguéla. Aged 89, Henri Konan Bédié died on Tuesday August 1, 2023. He led Côte d’Ivoire from 1993 to 1999. President of the PDCI, he dominated political life in Côte d’Ivoire for more than four decades. Ivory. “The death of President Bédié is a great loss for the party and for Côte d’Ivoire,” said PDCI activist Diomandé Moussa, who said he learned the news “with great sadness and dismay.” He affirmed that it is a great man who is gone, making it known that the PDCI family of Séguéla is deeply touched by this great loss. For the activist of the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), Doumbia Moussa, with this call to God from President Bédié, a page in the history of Côte d’Ivoire is turning. Because for nearly 60 years, the man marked the history of political life in Côte d’Ivoire with the responsibilities he assumed at various levels. “We are very sad like any Ivorian who loves peace and love that President Henri Konan Bédié has shared,” he said. The activist of the People’s Party-Côte d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), Mansrou Dosso Salimata, testified that she could not “digest” the news, especially that an alliance linked her party to the PDCI. “Really, the death of our president, Henri Konan Bédié, a father to us, an example shocks us. Where is he leaving us? In whose hand?” she wondered, almost in tears, expressing her dismay at this difficult ordeal. As for the agent of the public administration, Effi Koffi Alphonse, he admitted having learned the news on social networks but it was “a real shock”. He hoped that the departure of President Henri Konan Bédié would unite Ivorians more, calling on them to draw inspiration from this great man of “unity and union”. “Even though he is gone, he left a legacy that we must safeguard,” he advised. The government has decreed a national mourning of 10 days from August 2 to 11 following the death of the former President of the Republic, Henri Konan Bédié. During this period, the flags will be flown at half-mast on public buildings in the country as well as in all diplomatic representations of Côte d’Ivoire abroad. An official funeral will follow later.
Source: Agence Ivoirienne De Presse