Jean-Louis Billon: "My mother is of Malian and Alsatian origin"

In Côte d’Ivoire, Jean-Louis Billon, MP for Dabakala and member of the opposition party PDCI-RDA, wanted to clarify the question of his mother’s origins, raised at a press conference by Véronique Aka. On 27 February, at a press conference, Véronique Aka, a close friend of the party president, responded by attacking Billon on the identity level: “He who talks about nationality, let him go and introduce himself to the Tuaregs. In our country, it’s…

In response to the controversial statements of Véronique Aka, who insinuated a Touarègue origin of his mother, Jean-Louis Billon wanted to restore the truth. A development that intervenes in an already tense atmosphere within the party, with the arrest of a pro Thiam cyberactivist.