On Thursday, June 12, 2025, former President Laurent Gbagbo called on the entire population of Côte d’Ivoire to join the movement “Trop c’est trop” (“Enough is enough”), launched to promote a peaceful and democratic transformation aimed at building a free, just, and prosperous Côte d’Ivoire.

“I invite you to join this movement for peaceful and democratic change, to build a free, just, and prosperous Côte d’Ivoire,” Gbagbo declared in an open letter published on the official Facebook page of his party, PPA-CI (African People’s Party – Côte d’Ivoire).

According to him, the “Trop c’est trop” movement is non-partisan and was born from months of listening to citizens — including women, youth, evicted residents, the unemployed, precarious workers, teachers, farmers, retirees, and more. He described it as a civic platform designed to give the people a strong and audible voice to defend their rights and express their demands to the government.

Gbagbo stressed that this is not an insurrectional movement, but rather a citizen-driven initiative, a peaceful gathering of men and women.
Its purpose, he noted, is to stand against rising living costs, forced evictions, social exclusion, economic precarity, the politicization of justice, and the imprisonment of political and opinion leaders.

“The fight we are leading goes beyond parties and personal ambitions,” he concluded.
“It is a fight for our freedom, for our rights, and for the future of our nation.”

As the October presidential election approaches, Laurent Gbagbo remains barred from the electoral register, alongside other major political figures such as Guillaume Soro (former President of the National Assembly), Charles Blé Goudé (President of COJEP), and Tidjane Thiam, President of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI-RDA).