Having learnt from their 2021 mistake of picking Reckya Madougou – charismatic but bitterly mistrusted by the president and now paying for her ambition with a 20-year jail term – the Démocrates would probably choose a candidate with safe establishment credentials for 2026 (AC Vol 62 No 25 Cancelling the opposition)...
Ahead of the 2021 presidential election the authorities detained the former minister Reckya Madougou who had been lined up as Les Démocrates' standard bearer...
Sentenced to 20 years in jail on terrorism charges the outspoken ex-minister Reckya Madougou has been formally removed from the Béninois political scene as has the respected constitutional scholar Joël Aïvo sentenced to 10 years for money-laundering and plotting against the state (AC Vol 62 No 6 Talon tightens his grip & Vol 62 No 8 Talons out for the opposition)...
The party's intended candidate Reckya Madougou is in detention on implausible terrorism charges after being disqualified for failing to garner the required 16 signatures from mayors or MPs — in a system that has excluded the opposition from parliament...
With the backing of former head of state Thomas Boni Yayi and many defectors from his old Forces Cauris pour un Bénin Emergent (FCBE) party it lined up former minister Reckya Madougou as its presidential candidate with former parliamentarian Patrick Djivo as her running mate...