{"id":8523,"date":"2024-09-22T20:02:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redaction.oxygene-benin.bj\/?p=8523"},"modified":"2024-09-22T20:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:02:37","slug":"benin-la-democratie-ne-respire-pas-ousmane-batoko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redaction.oxygene-benin.bj\/?p=8523","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e9nin:\u00a0 \u00ab La d\u00e9mocratie ne respire pas \u00bb, Ousmane Batoko\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Le 15 septembre, \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de la Journ\u00e9e Mondiale de la D\u00e9mocratie, l\u2019ancien pr\u00e9sident de la Cour supr\u00eame, Ousmane Batoko, a critiqu\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9tat de la d\u00e9mocratie au B\u00e9nin. Lors d\u2019une intervention rapport\u00e9e par Bip Radio, il a soulign\u00e9 que la libert\u00e9 d\u2019expression, pilier fondamental de la d\u00e9mocratie, est aujourd&rsquo;hui restreinte dans le pays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00ab La d\u00e9mocratie ne respire pas \u00bb, a affirm\u00e9 Ousmane Batoko. Selon lui, les autorit\u00e9s actuelles doivent desserrer l&rsquo;\u00e9tau et ouvrir l\u2019espace de libert\u00e9 pour que la d\u00e9mocratie puisse v\u00e9ritablement respirer. \u00ab Il est n\u00e9cessaire que les autorit\u00e9s rel\u00e2chent un peu la pression \u00bb, a-t-il ajout\u00e9, avant d\u2019insister : \u00ab Nous en avons les moyens et les capacit\u00e9s. Ce qui manque, c\u2019est la volont\u00e9 \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Batoko n\u2019a pas m\u00e2ch\u00e9 ses mots en demandant au gouvernement de Patrice Talon de ne pas \u00eatre trop rigide sur les questions de libert\u00e9. Il a lanc\u00e9 un appel pour que les B\u00e9ninois puissent \u00ab respirer chaque jour cet air de libert\u00e9 \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Cette critique rejoint celles d\u2019autres figures respect\u00e9es comme Th\u00e9odore Holo et Robert Dossou, anciens pr\u00e9sidents de la Cour constitutionnelle, qui demandent \u00e9galement plus de libert\u00e9 d\u2019expression. Cependant, malgr\u00e9 ces multiples appels, la volont\u00e9 de Patrice Talon de changer la situation semble encore absente.<\/p>\n<p>Pour rappel, la journ\u00e9e mondiale de la d\u00e9mocratie est c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9e chaque 15 septembre dans les pays membres des nations unies. Le choix de la date du 15 septembre a \u00e9t\u00e9 effectu\u00e9 par l\u2019Organisation des Nations Unies. Il correspond \u00e0 l&rsquo;adoption, en septembre 1997, de la D\u00e9claration universelle sur la d\u00e9mocratie.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9andre Houan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le 15 septembre, \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de la Journ\u00e9e Mondiale de la D\u00e9mocratie, l\u2019ancien pr\u00e9sident de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[7067,7068,7069],"class_list":["post-8523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-la-democratie-au-benin","tag-liberte-dexpression-au-benin","tag-ousmane-batoko"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>B\u00e9nin:\u00a0 \u00ab La d\u00e9mocratie ne respire pas \u00bb, Ousmane Batoko\u00a0 - Oxyg\u00e8ne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/redaction.oxygene-benin.bj\/?p=8523\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"B\u00e9nin:\u00a0 \u00ab La d\u00e9mocratie ne respire pas \u00bb, Ousmane Batoko\u00a0 - 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