Cotedivoire: Former president Laurent Gbagbo has been excluded from the electoral list for the upcoming local elections in September, and his followers are furious.
Reserved for subscribersFormer Ivorian president and chairman of the PPA-CI, Laurent Gbagbo, during a ceremony in Yopougon, a popular district of Abidjan, on March 31, 2023. Sia Kambou / AFP
In Côte d’Ivoire, former president Laurent Gbagbo remains off the electoral list for the next local elections scheduled for September, a decision that provokes the ire of his supporters and the incomprehension of other opponents. It’s no surprise that Laurent Gbagbo’s name did not appear on the electoral list published on Saturday, 20 May, by the Independent Electoral Commission . Gbagbo’s party, the, which boycotted the meeting of the electoral body in protest, had anticipated the exclusion of the former president.Côte d’Ivoire: Return of Laurent Gbagbo brings both excitement and fear
Faced with the criticism of pro-Gbagbo politicos, Ibrahim Kuibiert Coulibaly, president of the IEC, tried to justify the approach of his institution. “President Gbagbo had been removed from the electoral list in 2020. His lawyer referred the matter to the electoral commission to ask us to account [for it]. We explained to them that a court decision was made available to the commission, which stipulates that President Gbagbo is deprived of his civil andGet unlimited access to our exclusive journalism and features today.
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