Alahassane Diakité, the member of parliament for Divo Commune, has taken a stand. In a media appearance on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, the elected official challenged the Ivorian government on the management of residual cocoa stocks, demanding complete transparency regarding the use of mobilized public funds.

The enigma of residual stocks

Although the price of the new harvest follows the usual price-setting mechanisms, the parliamentarian points to a critical sticking point: cocoa beans that were not collected from the main harvest. Many producers and cooperatives still hold beans that have been registered. To address this issue, President Alassane Ouattara announced the release of a massive sum of 280 billion CFA francs . Alassane Diakité's question is simple: where did this money go, and why are the stocks still in the camps?

A hearing procedure at the National Assembly

Not content with a simple social media post, the MP decided to launch an institutional offensive:

1. Action: Filing a request for parliamentary information.
2. Objective: To hear the leaders of the sector in front of the people's representatives.
3. The challenge: To ensure that presidential decisions translate into concrete actions for farmers.

"Nothing is perfect... there may be flaws, but it is essential to ensure that decisions made at the highest level of government are effectively implemented on the ground," he stated.

Beyond the crisis: Transforming and consuming locally

With a touch of irony, the MP also referred political actors back to their own responsibilities, questioning them about their personal chocolate consumption.

For Alahassane Diakité, the lasting solution to the crisis lies not in speeches, but in two strategic levers:

1. Local transformation to no longer be subject to the dictates of the global market.
2. Domestic consumption to create strong domestic demand.

According to him, Ivory Coast must break its dependence on international fluctuations by becoming a consumer market for its "brown gold".