In Comoros, the opposition, which had boycotted the national assembly in 2018 and the presidential election in 2019, and had previously refused any dialogue with the authorities, has changed its stance. For the first time, they are planning to participate in the presidential election of 2024.
In a letter addressed to President Azali Asoumani, the Wider Common Front, an opposition coalition, made a 180° turnaround by expressing its intention to participate in the presidential election of 2024. It presented its proposals to guarantee elections justice and greater freedom.
This decision marks an important change of strategy for this organization which had until now refused any discussion with the government in place.
To take part in the presidential election, therefore, the opposition is calling in particular for the release of political prisoners, the guarantee of freedom of movement, the equal tripartite composition between power, opposition, and civil society in the bodies responsible for managing the elections and the cantonment of the army and the forces of order in the barracks.