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the opposition is trying to clarify its call to boycott the election process

The call for a boycott was launched Thursday by the opposition platform, which brings together the PDCI, Lider, GPS, the two branches of the FPI and other parties. Pascal Affi N'Guessan held a press conference at PDCI headquarters on Friday morning to clarify what the opposition means by an active boycott, but the announcement is not yet clear.…

pro-Condé Facebook pages create confusion before the presidential election

The Stanford Internet Observatory, a US research institute on disinformation and abuse on the Internet, looked at about 100 Facebook pages linked to the Rassemblement du peuple de Guinée, the ruling party or its supporters. According to'Stanford Internet Observatory study, Facebook pages linked to RPG or its followers will not promote "transparent political life or fair elections". The proliferation of accounts, automation techniques, and the use of advertising would create the illusion of "massive and spontaneous…

The CEI says it is “ready” for the presidential election

From this Wednesday, October 14, until October 20, Ivorians registered to vote will be able to collect their ballot papers at their polling station. 17 days before the presidential election, the election commission says it is "ready". The opposition, which called for civil disobedience, has not yet launched its exact slogans, and its two candidates doubt their participation if the election actually takes place. as reported from Abidjan, As of this Wednesday, 7.5 million registered voters can theoretically go to the…

Candidates within the final a part of Guinea’s presidential election

When voters in Guinea go to the polls on Sunday, they should select from 12 presidential candidates, together with the incumbent Alpha Condé. Whereas the 82-year-old president's supporters are assured of a victory, so is his primary opponent, Cellou Dalein Diallo. FRANCE 24 report Malick Diakité, Elimane Ndao and Emmanuelle Landais. .

The Ceni report on the election was not examined by the National Assembly

The National Assembly as the budgetary authority must thoroughly examine this report submitted by Ceni. Secondly, in its mission of higher control, the Board of Auditors must also carry out investigative missions on the accounting treatment of Ceni, because if you look at all the figures that Ceni presents in this report, there are many discrepancies. You have deviations of 3 million, 30 million, 50 million and there is also the issue of public contracts.…

the opposition draws horizons to postpone the election

Envoys from ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations continued their mission of "preventive diplomacy" in Abidjan on Tuesday. After the president, after the ministers and institutions responsible for the election yesterday, they met on Tuesday, October 6, with the presidential candidates on October 31, as well as with the political parties, the RHDP and the opposition. The opposition, which still rejects Ouattara's candidacy, which it considers unconstitutional, and which still demands a new CEI, a new constitutional…

FPI withdraws from election commission

The institutional crisis has run a little deeper in Côte d'Ivoire with the decision of the second deputy chair of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), Alain Dogou, of the FPI, to suspend its activities within the central body of the institution. It is the same for Yapi Yapo Daudet (LMP, League for the Movement for Progress), representative of the opposition within the CEI Central Commission. It's a new battle for CEI who sees its legitimacy crumble even more and its function seizes upon. Of the four seats allocated…

tense election campaign with incidents between power and opposition

The presidential campaign on October 18 opened two weeks ago amid a climate of concern after months of tension caused by the inclusion of the established Alpha Condé for a controversial third term. In Labé then in Dalaba, the convoy of the Prime Minister, campaign director of Condé, Kassory Fofana, was thrown from stone, the government said in a statement. What the UFDG, the main opposition party for Cellou Dalein Diallo, denies. Right in his shoes, Security Minister Albert Damantang Camara says the procession of Prime…