Cote d’Ivoire President, Alassane Ouattara, on Monday, presented his application to run for a third term despite incessant protests by the opposition, Daily Times gathered. The protesters stated that the constitution restricts him to contest in the forthcoming election in October.
During the weekend, shops and lumber trucks were burnt during ethnic brutality between Ouattara supporters and opposition in the southern city of Divo. It isn’t yet clear how much loss the most recent turmoil may have caused.
Five individuals have been killed and in excess of 100 injured in conflicts among protesters and police since Mr. Ouattara, who has been in office since 2011, announced that he will be contesting.
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“I have a dream for our nation. A dream of steadiness, a dream of security, a dream of harmony for all Ivorians,” Mr. Ouattara said outside the Independent Election Commission (CEI) in Abidjan where he documented his application.
Cote d’Ivoire constitutional court will make a definitive decision on Mr. Ouattara’s application.
His opponents said the two-term limit in the constitution bars him from running once more, yet he has said his first two tenures don’t count under the new constitution embraced in 2016.
On Sunday, the opposition leader, Guillaume Soro approached all resistance groups to join against Ouattara “in the spirit of a collective fight.”
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