Benin speaker guns for top job
2005-09-06 09:50
Cotonou - The speaker of Benin's parliament, Antoine Idji Kolawole, was chosen by ruling party lawmakers to run in next year's presidential election on Monday.
The 59-year-old former foreign minister said the campaign to replace long-serving leader Mathieu Kerekou, who is term-limited and due to stand down, would not be easy but vowed to build a coalition of smaller parties to support his party's platform.
- AFP