Three prominent figures of the main opposition party ( FPI ) were arrested on Monday after their participation last week in the party convention which designated the former Ivorian Head of the Country Laurent Gbagbo, President of the Ivorian Popular Front ( FPI ).

 Sebastien Dano Djedje and Hubert Oulaye, were "kidnapped at their home early Monday morning by government militias and  taken to President Ouattara's secret agents headquarters," Mr. Toussaint Dako, their lawyer, told the international media.

Justin Koua, a youth leader of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), was also arrested at his workplace."In Africa, dictatorial regimes kidnap and charge political opponents of "breach of security of the state" when these African regimes want to get rid of the non-friendly opponents. None of these arrested had weapons, none of them was violent, as we learned from past experiences.These people should not have been arrested" observes an African expert on human rights, who is critical, as any Ivorian of President Ouattara's "tyrannical-drift" in vogue in Ivory Coast, where opposition militants are accused of "disturbing public order". Since President Ouattara seized power in a reign of terror in April 2011 in Ivory Coast, he cannot stand being criticized for his flawed politics." Ouattara's regime suffers atavistic defects reminiscent of the authoritarian era." said Kouadio Konan Bertin, a legislator of RHDP, a coalition of political parties including Ouattara's party ( RDR ). "I can tell you that Ouattara has both feet in the multi-party derision and head into the authoritarian era. He has a phobia of a fair and independent election" he added.