According to Western and Russian chancellery, between a million five hundred thousand (1,500
000) and two million (2,000,000) of demonstrators of the Common Front (PDCI-RDA and
PPA), of certain parties of opposition and civil society, have made a
Force demonstration in Yopougon. The organizers of this walk, speak
of approximately three million demonstrators that the ruling party, the gathering of
Houphouëtistes for democracy and peace (RHDP), reduced “horrible and
feverishly “to six thousand (6,000). Over five kilometers, from saguidiba cinema instead
Ficgayo, on the boulevard de la Solidarité, for those who know this suburbs
north of Abidjan, Ivorians in love with peace, justice and democracy, have massively
taken part in this historic march. Under the leadership of Presidents Laurent Gbagbo
And Tidjane Thiam, they expressed peacefully, in good humor and humor, their
fed up, towards the autocratic regime of Ouattara, this, less than three months of a
Crucial presidential election for the future of Côte d’Ivoire.
Activists of the Common Front demand the registration of their leaders on the list
electoral, his audit and his revision, before the presidential election on October 25.
On the ground, several demonstrators paraded by brandishing the green flag of the PDCI
With one hand, and the blue flag of PPA-Ci of the other. Which shows a real
coalition of these two parties and the new turn taken by the fight against the regime
Dictatorial of President Ouattara. This great historical walk on Saturday, August 9
2025, took place in a confused and tense political climate, marked by the exclusions
abusive of the electoral process, President Laurent Gbagbo, of the Prime Minister
Guillaume Kigbafori Soro, ministers Tidjane Thiam and Charles Blé Goudé.
The socio -political situation in Côte d’Ivoire is also marked by the candidacy
provoking President Alassane Ouattara, a fourth term
Unconstitutional. This is consecutive to a series of abductions, inadmissible,
by hooded, militants of the common front (PDCI-RDA and PPA-CI), and
recurrent and untimely judicial invaluations of the executives of this coalition
policy. In this order of ideas, Wednesday August 6, 2025, in the morning, one day before
The Independence Festival, the Honorable Yohou Dia Houphouët of the PDCI-RDA, Damana
PICKASS, vice-president of the PPA-CI, as well as four other managers of these two
left, namely Samba David, Koua Justin, Blaise Lasm and Dahi Nestor, were summoned
to the Abidjan police prefecture. Accustomed to tracking down the police
Ouattara system, they were heard there, once again, for 22 hours clock.
It was within the framework of the procedures concerning the recent events which occurred in
The night of August 1 to 2, 2025, in Yopougon, where a Sotra bus, was burnt down and a
Police car vandalized by “supposed activists of the PPA-CI”.
Note that as part of this same case, in addition to the first 13 arrested,
Other arrests took place. These include those of the former Minister of State for
Defense Lida Kouassi Moïse and Ambassador Koné Boubacar, ex-director of
State protocol, under the regime of President Laurent Gbagbo. Precisely, the collective of
Lawyers of PPA-CI-CPR activists, said last Wednesday (August 13, 2025), at
courses of a press conference, a blatant violation of rights
their customers, specifying that the arrests of the former minister of defense state, LIDA
Kouassi Moses, and the ambassador Koné Boubacar, ex-director of the state protocol,
did not obey the special procedure due to their rank of former senior officials.
The preparation of the march of the common front takes place, also, in a very atmosphere
tense. Initially scheduled for Saturday August 2, 2025, it had been canceled by the
Prefect of Abidjan. Reason: the insufficiency of the police on this date, because of the
Military parade of August 7 in Bouaké. The demonstration was then authorized to
Saturday (August 9, 2025). Planned by Marcory in place of the Republic on the set, the
Abidjan business center, this walk was relocated to Yopougon, commune
of around two million inhabitants, close to Abidjan and considered the bastion
of President Laurent Gbagbo.
The teen president and his followers doubted the implementation of the coalition of
PDCI-RDA and PPA-CI. Tidjane Thiam being considered a “liberal”.
Of journalist’s memory, the demonstration of the common front pdci-rda and ppa-ci,
notwithstanding the war of figures, is by far the most important of these last thirty
years in Ivory Coast. It is the emanation of a new “current of thought”
patriotic and undoubtedly constitutes a very serious warning to the party
power. He unfortunately still camps on his positions while the report
of political force now leans on the side of the common front, which has a
sociological majority in our country. The coalition of the two largest parties
of the Ivorian opposition, now has a “soul” which constitutes a new string to
His bow, to bend the autocratic RHDP regime, at the end of the reign.
The teen president and his followers had never imagined that the minister
Tidjane Thiam, was going to follow intelligently, the traces of President Henri Konan Bédié,
By reactivating, when necessary, the political partnership with the PPA
Laurent Gbagbo. Indeed, the famous polytechnician, former director general of the
Prudential British insurance company, former boss of Crédit Switzerland and friend
of Emmanuel Macron, the current tenant of the Palais de l’Elysée, surprised by this gesture, the
Observers and analysts of political life in Côte d’Ivoire.
Frankly, many of these observers and analysts rightly doubted
the alignment of Minister Tidjane Thiam with the new paradigms of “thought
decolonial ”. This appears, among other ideas, as realistic sovereignism
whose main orientations are as follows: “State independence; a
ability not to be imposed on the will of others, even if, that of old
colonial powers (principle of non-interference); a freedom of social organization and
economic with a national currency ”. “Decolonial thought” is based
mainly on the total independence of African peoples, especially its elites
policies that continue to live as “colonial subjects”. The teen president and
Many other African heads of state remain unfortunately, in the vases
communicators, dark and neocoloniaux of the famous Françafrique. The latest
media outings of the president of the PDCI-RDA ended up convincing all those who
still had reservations about his commitment to defend only the interests of his
pays.
The notion of political “ideology” is summed up today in a “current of
Thought “: The theories of liberalism and socialism are overused.
The posture of the former director general of Crédit Suisse, vis-à-vis relations with
Western partners of Côte d’Ivoire, is clear: it must be based on
mutual interests, in a win-win partnership. His general ideas, a few
nuances near, in form, are in harmony with those of Laurent Gbagbo, even if the
Common Front does not have a common “ideological” base. About this notion, the
President Félix Houphouët-Boigny simply said that his “ideology
“, It was his vision on the” development of Côte d’Ivoire, enemy of anyone and
friend of everyone ”. He was certainly right in the background. The Common Front
(Pdci-rda and ppa-ci), cannot be judged, as a coalition, unnatural, from the point
“ideological” views. These two parties have the ambition to develop Côte d’Ivoire,
regardless of their original ideological difference. But, basically, today,
What is an “ideology”? Well, in political science, “an ideology is a
certain sets of ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or ethical symbols
of a social movement, an institution, a class or a large group which explains
how society should work and offer a political and cultural model for a
certain social order ”(Universalis encyclopedia).
This definition, above, is unanimously accepted in the literature. It is only necessary to
Remember that the word “ideology” was created by the French academician Antoine-Louis-
Claude Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836) to designate “the new science which has for
object the study of ideas ”. Note also that the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9
November 1989, and the dislocation, on December 25, 1991, of the Union of Republics
Soviet Socialists (USSR), marked the end of large “ideologies”. That is to say
say capitalism, its corollary liberalism, and socialism or the right and
The left which, since the 19th century, dominated Western societies. These two
events, namely the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dislocation of the USSR, mark
Also, the end of the Cold War and, since then, these notions of liberalism and socialism,
On the right and left, are largely overused. So there is no need to speak
of alliance unnatural between the parties created by Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the capitalist
And Liberal and the socialist, Laurent Gbagbo. Everything is played out today at the “center” or
Right or left.
In any case, some socialists have often been hostile to liberalism, accused
to “provide ideological coverage to the extinction of capitalism”, it has been demonstrated
by researchers that the objectives of liberalism are not so different from those of
Socialism. Even if this similarity of objectives has been described as being vague and
misleading, for the simple reason that these two systems give freedom, equality
And in solidarity, different senses. In a modern context, liberal socialism that
integrates liberal principles into socialism, is sometimes used in a way
interchangeable with social, modern liberalism or social democracy which advocates the
social justice, a mixed economy and the expansion of civil and political rights, by
opposition to classical liberalism. As we can see, in the end, all these
Notions, are only theoretical word games.
Currently, “ideology” simply covers, all the ideas that inspire
a government or a political party ”. It is then synonymous with “current of thought
Or political vision to achieve specific, short or long term goals. THE
Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire, section of the African Democratic Rally
(PDCI-RDA) and the party of the African peoples of Côte d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), have a
human capital, sufficiently experienced politically, to sustainably establish a
“Thought of thought” which could be, a symbiosis of the programs
government of these two parties, for the happiness of the Ivorians. Having regard to the right
mood observed on August 9 in Yopougon, they approve, the
Common front, which constitutes a hope, a new common vision, towards a real
national reconciliation, a democratic country, a rule of law
and an endogenous economic and social development of Côte d’Ivoire.
The success of the first major test of the common front (PDCI-RDA and PPA-CI), with this
Great protest march, is a step to capitalize in future orientations
policies, to force the Ouattara regime, to accept dialogue. Since soon
fifteen years, this regime which has become hegemonic by manipulation, electoral fraud and
The instrumentalization of the judicial system does not intend to let go of power. And his
Leader is no exception to “Hubris” syndrome. According to psychoanalysts, he
characterizes “a person who shows narcissism, arrogance, selfishness,
manipulation, lies and contempt ”. Still, according to these same specialists, this
person has the feeling of being eternal and of having omnipotence on everyone,
at the top of a dominant social or political organization.
In political science and in the literature, birth and survival of political parties
Dominant, as well as the dangers they present, are well known in Africa. By
example, “a negative effect of the domination of a party is that this one, encourages
Generally the authoritarian or dictatorial trends of their leaders ”. And that’s the
case today in Ivory Coast where the ruling party, the gathering of
Houphouëtistes for democracy and peace (RHDP), in its omnipotence, makes the
Deaf ear, before the legitimate demands of the significant opposition.
The Common Front (PDCI-RDA and PPA-CI) has undoubtedly reduced hegemony
RHDP on the Ivorian political scene.
The advent of the Common Front, the coalition of the PDCI-RDA and the PPA-CI, comes to reduce,
However, the hegemony of the RHDP and thus break the fragmentation of political parties
of the Ivorian opposition. Indeed, “the coalition of opposition parties is often
proposed as a model to follow to ensure the defeat of the dominant African parties ”.
This model is supported by empirical data generally drawn from the 2002 elections
In Kenya, on the occasion, a coalition of opposition parties was formed at two months
only elections and prevailed over the Kanu (Kenya National Union), in power
During the four decades that had followed independence ”(professor
Patrick O. Asingo, “The coalition of political parties in Africa … the example of Kenya”,
ASPJ Africa & Francophonie, 3rd quarter of 2013).
Beyond the common and legitimate demands of the PDCI-RDA and the PPA CI, this
coalition or this common front, can succeed in very largely beating the RHDP, at the first
Tour of the presidential election on October 25, provided you choose a candidate
unique and have a consensual electoral list. Of course, the current front of the front
common is to obtain the registration of its leaders on this electoral list. This one,
must be absolutely audited to hope to have a fair, transparent and
credible. Currently, it is the status quo and the President of the Republic,
Alassane Ouattara, visibly seeks to embrace the country as in 2011 and 2020.
During these two presidential elections, there were, respectively, three thousand
(3000) and one hundred (100) dead. The Common Front must demonstrate political strategies
evolved not to fall into the trap of the teen president, including intransigence, to
Creating chaos in Côte d’Ivoire, makes King Solomon think.
Indeed, for Christians, the first book of kings (3: 16-28), in the old
Testament of the Bible, tells the story of a dispute between two women
cohabitants, having each gave birth to a child concomitantly, but one is
Dead suffocated and the other living. To settle the dispute, King Solomon (970-931 BC
C) Claims a sword and orders: “Share the child living in two and give half
at the first and the other half per second ”. One of the women says she prefers
give up the child, rather than seeing him die. The other, on the other hand, asks the king
of Israel to cut the child in two. As a result, King Salomon recognizes the real
mother of the child. It is the one that spared the baby’s life. So he gives her the
Nourished and thus saves his life.
This story, which characterizes the wisdom of the king of Israel, brought back to Côte d’Ivoire, which
Symbolizes here the “living baby”, puts face to face: on the one hand, President Laurent Gbagbo,
Minister Tidjane Thiam, and the other, President Alassane Ouattara. So, question
determining for peace in Côte d’Ivoire, on the eve of the presidential election on October 25
2025: Among these three personalities, which absolutely wants us to cut the “baby” in
Two, (one index) for the second time in two decades? And why then? God
Almighty fathers protects Côte d’Ivoire, our rich and beautiful country and grants our
prayers. Amen!
Doctor Ben Zahoui Debou,
Geographer-journalist, geopolitics specialist,
Teacher-researcher in international trade.
Mastering in Theology, BIBLEDOC, Institute of Theology,
PO BOX 118 STafford, VA – USA
Founder of Glouziletnews.com
