Legislative and Communal Elections in Benin: Opposition Accounts for Its Side

Radio France Internationale

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Benin is awaiting the results of the parliamentary and communal elections on Sunday, 11 January. The electoral commission and the Constitutional Court continue the work of compiling the results. The Cena will be responsible for announcing the final results of the locals, the Constitutional Court the results of the legislative elections. Pending the official figures, the political parties' staffs are also active in calculating their results.

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On 11 January, the Beninese went to the polls to elect their deputies and communal councillors, in a country that wants to display a calm face after last month's attempted coup d'état. A brutal episode, officially closed, but whose wounds are not yet healed. On Sunday, however, everything seemed "normal". The polling stations opened and closed without significant incident, in a climate presented as calm and controlled. Nearly nine million voters…