{"id":519942,"date":"2025-03-17T09:59:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beninwebtv.bj\/?p=519942"},"modified":"2025-04-15T01:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T01:04:37","slug":"benin-candide-azannai-reacts-to-talons-media-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/benin-candide-azannai-reacts-to-talons-media-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin: Candide Azanna\u00ef reacts to Talon\u2019s media appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Candide Azanna\u00ef has taken a skeptical stance regarding President Patrice Talon\u2019s recent statements. Responding to the interview granted by the head of state to <em>Jeune Afrique<\/em>, the former delegate minister\u2014now a prominent opposition figure\u2014has questioned the sincerity of Talon\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to comments reported by <em>L\u2019Investigateur<\/em>, Candide Azanna\u00ef stated that \u201cthe purpose of rhetoric is not truth, but persuasion\u2014even through lies and manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He equates the interview to a diversionary tactic and expresses serious doubts about the truthfulness of the Beninese president\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a reminder, during that interview, Patrice Talon addressed several current issues, including his refusal to run for a third term, the choice of his successor, and the matter of the release of Reckya Madougou and Jo\u00ebl A\u00efvo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also spoke about his plans after leaving office and the case of Olivier Boko, who has been accused of attempting to destabilize the current regime. A statement that, according to Candide Azanna\u00ef, should be approached with caution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candide Azanna\u00ef has taken a skeptical stance regarding President Patrice Talon\u2019s recent statements. Responding to the interview granted by the head of state to Jeune Afrique, the former delegate minister\u2014now a prominent opposition figure\u2014has questioned the sincerity of Talon\u2019s remarks. According to comments reported by L\u2019Investigateur, Candide Azanna\u00ef stated that \u201cthe purpose of rhetoric is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":493830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"pays":[119],"personnalite":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-519942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-policy-news-benews","8":"pays-benin"},"acf":{"type_de_publication":"opinion","nom_de_linstitution":"","description_de_linstitution":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519942"},{"taxonomy":"pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pays?post=519942"},{"taxonomy":"personnalite","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/personnalite?post=519942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}