{"id":16218,"date":"2025-05-13T12:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=16218"},"modified":"2025-05-13T12:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:16:22","slug":"ivory-coast-thiam-resigns-as-pdci-rda-president-alleges-political-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/16218\/ivory-coast-thiam-resigns-as-pdci-rda-president-alleges-political-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast: Thiam resigns as PDCI-RDA President, alleges political persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tidjane Thiam has announced his resignation as president of the PDCI-RDA, citing ongoing judicial and political attacks aimed at sidelining him from the democratic process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this, he reaffirmed his dedication to leading his party to victory in the October 2025 presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a message to party members released late on May 11-12, 2025, Thiam announced his decision, following months of political and legal tensions, notably his removal from the Ivorian electoral list in April 2025.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thiam denounced what he described as \u201corchestrated judicial harassment\u201d against himself and the PDCI-RDA, aimed at marginalizing him. \u201cSince my election as president, I have had the honor of modernizing and revitalizing our party, generating real enthusiasm,\u201d he stated, highlighting the party\u2019s doubled membership in a year.<\/p>\n

However, he expressed frustration over persistent attacks, with the courts being used as a tool to \u201cexclude us from public and political life, deprive us of our fundamental rights, and undermine my dignity.\u201d He pointed to his removal from the electoral roll as a pivotal moment.<\/p>\n

The Abidjan Court of First Instance upheld his removal, citing the loss of his Ivorian nationality due to acquiring French nationality in 1987, despite him renouncing it in March 2025. \u201cThey want to exclude me because I am the bearer of hope for a different C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire,\u201d Thiam added.<\/p>\n

He also criticized the authorities\u2019 refusal to issue him a nationality certificate, despite his compliance with legal procedures, calling it \u201ccontempt for our country\u2019s texts and traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thiam further alleged an attempt to \u201cput the PDCI-RDA under control,\u201d stating, \u201cThere seems to be a clear desire to supervise our party, just as hope for a return to power after 25 years is shared by many Ivorians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite his resignation, Thiam insisted he remains committed to leading the PDCI-RDA to victory in 2025.<\/span> \u201cI remain committed to freeing our country from fear and injustice,\u201d he promised, urging unity and perseverance among party members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This resignation, just five months before the presidential election, places the PDCI-RDA, a major opposition party, in a precarious position as it seeks new leadership at a critical time for C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s political future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tidjane Thiam has announced his resignation as president of the PDCI-RDA, citing ongoing judicial and political attacks aimed at sidelining him from the democratic process. Despite this, he reaffirmed his dedication to leading his party to victory in the October 2025 presidential election. In a message to party members released late on May 11-12, 2025, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":7,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","source_name":"APA News","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2362,33,27],"tags":[407,4014,1745],"class_list":["post-16218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-politics","category-west-africa","tag-ivory-coast","tag-pdci-rda","tag-tidjane-thiam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}