Benin – Parti Les Démocrates: Chabi-Barka Bekourou Nadjibh explains his resignation
Alternate deputy Chabi-Barka Bekourou Nadjibh is no longer a member of the opposition party Les Démocrates (LD).
Appearing on the Actu Matin set this Thursday, the former member of the opposition party laid out without hesitation the reasons for his split, pointing to internal tensions and a governance he describes as stifling.
« The problem is real. No one can say today that it’s because I have an endorsement or because I want to lend a voice to the revision of the Constitution », he said, rejecting any speculation about a possible political calculation.
According to him, his decision to leave Les Démocrates dates back to the day the candidacy files were submitted to the CENA.
« I was already writing my resignation letter when the son of President Yayi Boni, Chabi Yayi, learned of it and tried to dissuade me », he confides.
The resigning member speaks of an internal climate marked by rivalries and centralized party management.
« There are a number of people within the party who dictate their own rules. They haven’t accepted that I’m on the list because of President Éric », he laments, referring to internal pressures linked to his stance.
Chabi-Barka Bekourou Nadjibh goes further and accuses certain leaders of wanting to make Les Démocrates a clone of the FCBE, Boni Yayi’s former party.
“If you think Les Démocrates is a second FCBE that some want to turn the party into, and at the same time you need those people to go to the elections, you want one thing and its opposite. That’s unacceptable,” he says.
Despite his resignation, the alternate deputy retains a clear respect for the party’s first vice-president, Éric Houndété, whom he describes as « the best candidate to reconcile the Beninese », in a political context still marked by the detention and exile of several opposition figures.
A resignation that highlights the persistent fractures within the main opposition party, a few months before the 2026 general elections.
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