2023-10-06 13:43:40
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara dismissed his Prime Minister on Friday and announced the upcoming formation of a new government. A change at the head of power which occurs two years before the presidential election.
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Two years before the Ivorian presidential election, Alassane Ouattara is preparing the ground. Friday October 6, the President of Côte d’Ivoire dismissed his Prime Minister Patrick Achi, in office since 2021, without providing a reason for this decision. He announced the upcoming formation of a new government.
Alassane Ouattara signed a decree “terminating the functions of the Prime Minister, head of government as well as those of members of the government”, according to a press release read by the secretary general of the presidency Abdourahmane Cissé.
Patrick Achi and his ministers “are responsible for handling current affairs” until their replacements are designated.
The Ivorian head of state expressed “his gratitude to the Prime Minister and all members of the government for their commitment to the service of the nation in recent years.”
This decision was expected in recent days in Côte d’Ivoire, the president having informed members of the government of an upcoming reshuffle during the last council of ministers, on September 28.
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Patrick Achi was appointed in March 2021 after the death from cancer of his predecessor, Hamed Bakayoko, who himself succeeded Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died in July 2020.
He resigned in April 2022, before being reappointed to his post immediately, during a slight reshuffle. Last month, he won a comfortable victory in local elections in his Mé region (south).
The next reshuffle should be more important and give indications on the heavyweights on which the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), the ruling party, is counting for the 2025 presidential election.
By winning 60% of the municipalities and 80% of the regions in the September elections, the RHDP promises to be the big favorite of the election.
It remains to be seen who his candidate will be. Alassane Ouattara has not yet commented on whether or not he intends to run for a fourth term.
With AFP
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