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Law No. 2017-044 of 29 December 2017 on lntelligence in the Republic of
Benin;
Law No. 2017-20 of 20 April 2018 on the Digital Code in the Republic of Benin".
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. ln his additional submissions dated 1 1 October 2019, the Applicant prayed the Court
to grant him, in addition to his previous claim for compensation, the sum of ten billion
(10,000,000,000) CFA Francs
as legal costs and to note PH|LLIA's ctaim for
compensation.
12.He further prayed the Court to note that the Respondent State has not complied with
the Court Order of 7 December 201 8 and the Judgment of 29 March 20l 9, particularly:
the refusal to annul the judgment issued by CRTET and to issue him with
a clean criminal record and allthe "statutory State instruments";
the ban on his political parly, the Social Liberal Union, and on other
opposition political parties from running for the legislative elections of 28
April 2019 and the denial of political pluralism in Benin;
the refusal to lift the seizures of his property;
the bloody crackdown on demonstrations and the arrest of opposition
leaders;
the criminal prosecution against Messrs. Yayi Boniand LionelZinsou.
B.
The RespondentState
13.The Respondent State prays the Court to
dismiss the Applicant's requests to annul or stay the application of certain
laws enacted by the Respondent State in accordance with its Constitution;
dismiss any idea of prejudice resulting from a criminal conviction under a
law;
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