Cote d'Ivoire: Thiam Resigns as President of the Opposition PDCI Party

Cote d'Ivoire: Thiam Resigns as President of the Opposition PDCI Party

Tidjane Thiam has announced his resignation as president of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire - African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA), due, in his words, to the "judicial harassment" he is facing, reports allAfrica.fr.

While the French press seems to have made a case for Tidjane Thiam (former boss of Crédit Suisse), candidate of the PDCI-RDA for the presidency of Côte d'Ivoire, some journalists would do well to open their dictionary to the word "interference". However, the Ministry of Justice clearly explained its decision: "Mr. Thiam, who was Ivorian by birth, just as he lost his Ivorian nationality of origin automatically by acquiring French nationality, lik…

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Ivory Coast’s main opposition leader has said he is resigning as party leader but would still lead the fight to win the election, after having been barred from standing in an October presidential vote. “In the interest of the party, I’ve decided to place my mandate as president of the party in your hands, the activists,” Thiam said in a speech published on social media on Monday. “This decision does not change the commitment I made in December 2…