US EditionCôte d'Ivoire: Four Opposition Figures Permanently Excluded From the Presidential Elections
- On Wednesday, officials revealed that four key opposition leaders in Côte d’Ivoire were permanently removed from the final voter list, barring them from participating in the presidential election scheduled for October 25.
- The exclusions follow court rulings questioning Tidjane Thiam's nationality and past criminal convictions barring Laurent Gbagbo, Charles Ble Goude, and Guillaume Soro from candidacy.
- The final voter register includes 8.7 million names, whereas the opposition claims the barring violates democratic principles amid a population with many young and immigrant residents.
- Tidjane Thiam described his removal from the electoral list as a striking indication of Ivory Coast's move away from democratic principles, while his lawyer condemned it as a grave breach of the country's international obligations.
- The barring of these candidates risks increasing tensions ahead of the election and leaves President Alassane Ouattara, who has yet to confirm his candidacy, as a leading figure on the register.
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Ivory Coast opposition leader Thiam is excluded from the list of presidential candidates
Ivory Coast's main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam has been excluded from the country’s final list of presidential candidates. Thiam is a former CEO of Credit Suisse.
Cote d'Ivoire: Four Côte d'Ivoire Opposition Figures Barred From October Presidential Election
Four prominent opposition figures in Côte d'Ivoire have been excluded from the final electoral list, officials announced on Wednesday, leaving them ineligible to contest presidential elections later this year.
Neither Tidjane Thiam, Laurent Gbagbo, Charles Blé Goudé, or Guillaume Soro are on the final list of electors published this Wednesday.
Ivory Coast: opposition candidates barred from electoral lists
A party official from Ivory Coast's opposition Democratic Party has confirmed on Wednesday that party leader Tijane Thiam as well as three other leading candidates were removed from the final version of electoral lists. The presidential election is set to take place in October.
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