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IV.
A.
10.
PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES
The Applicant
The Applicant prays the Court to
find that he, the President of the Association of Benin Businessmen, has seen his
reputation tarnished in business circles;
find that he is a political figure, candidate at the last presidential elections of March
2016, who scored a total of 23% of the votes and came third in the overall ranking,
just behind the current Head of State of Benin who had
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24o/o;
find that the matter of drug trafficking has discredited him and caused him various
losses valued at five hundred and fifty thousand million (550, 000, 000, 000) CFA
Francs, which he claims as reparation;
IV
order the Respondent State to suspend the following laws until they are amended
to be compliant with internatlonal human rights instruments to which it is a party:
Law No. 2018-13 of 2 July 2018, amending and supplementing Law No. 2001-
37 ol 27 August 2002, on judicial organization in the Republic of Benin as
amended and creating the Anti-Economic Crimes and Terrorism Court;
Organic Law No. 2018-02 of 4 January 2018, amending and supplementing
Organic Law No. 94-027 of 18 March 1999 on the High JudicialCouncil;
Law No. 2017-05 of 29 August 2017, setting the conditions and procedure for
employment, placement of workers and management of employment contracts
in the Republic of Benin;
Law No. 2018-23 of 26 July 2018 on the Charter of Political Parties in the
Republic of Benin;
Law No.2018-031 on the Electoral Code in the Republic of Benin;
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