Solidarity Letter to the Bishops' Conference of Cote d'Ivoire On National Elections, June 22, 2020 in French

Solidarity Letter from Bishop David J. Malloy, Chairman, Committee on International Justice and Peace, to the Bishops' Conference of Cote D'Ivoire On National Elections, June 22, 2020, French Language Version

As Chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops I write to express my ecclesial solidarity with the Ivorian people and your Conference as Côte d’Ivoire approaches national elections in October this year.  These elections are a crucial turning point in your history as you attempt to consolidate your democracy and transition to a new elected government. 

I have read your Conference statements of June 2019 and January 2020.  I share your concerns that conditions in the country are not yet conducive to peaceful, free and fair elections.  In fact, I took the liberty of sending your two Conference statements to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and urged him to take your concerns into consideration and to work with you and other religious leaders to foster inter-faith dialogue, reduce rising tensions and to promote electoral institutions and laws that will ensure free and fair elections.

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