On the evening of Wednesday, August 2, 2023, Laurent Gbagbo, former President of the Republic of Ivory Coast and President of PPA-CI, visited the home of the late President Henri Konan Bédié, who passed away on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
During this difficult time, His Excellency Laurent Gbagbo extended his heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Henriette Konan Bédié, the inconsolable widow, and to the Bédié children, on his personal behalf. He also offered prayers, along with those of all PPA-CI members and supporters, for the Bédié family, so that the soul of their elder may be entrusted to divine kindness, and that God may grant him a privileged place for eternal rest.
It should be noted that President Laurent Gbagbo was accompanied by comrades from the Strategic and Political Council (CSP), Vice Presidents, and members of the General Secretariat of PPA-CI.
As a reminder, Henri Konan Bédié, who had served as head of state from 1993 to 1999, had announced his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election in Ivory Coast. At the end of March, he was chosen as the single candidate to lead the PDCI, the main opposition party and the political movement of Ivory Coast’s first president, Félix Houphouët-Boigny.
