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Côte d'Ivoire – Legislative Election Results

Côte d'Ivoire – Legislative Election Results 21248 – Africa Research Bulletin Internal Developments elections, he would have watched the The election postponement came the day C^ote d’Ivoire – Legislative Election results with keen interest, comments RFI. after a French weekly newspaper Results (RFI 21/12) Amendments backed p. 21210A reported that the European Union (EU) observers who monitored the August vote had been wiretapped by GABON Gabonese intelligence. Political Party or No. of Seats Poll Postponed Grouping Won On December 16th the EU, one of Gabon’s top donors, said it wanted to Opposition leader Ping still has claims RHDP 167 step up election reform talks. An EU on the presidency. Independents 75 statement said a delegation had met with UDPCI 6 Gabon’s parliamentary elections, which Prime Minister Ngondete to discuss a FPI 3 had been due to take place in December, newly-released report by EU observers Total: 254 Registered voters: 6 268 113 have been postponed for up to seven that criticises President Bongo’s re-elec- Actual voters: 2 137 364 months, the Interior Ministry said, citing tion. Participation rate: 34.1% a lack of funds. The report says “anomalies” during the (www.cei-ci.org/ 20/12) The decision to delay the vote, which vote count “call into question” the poll must now take place no later than July result and lists 11 reforms to ensure 29th, 2017, was taken by Gabon’s fully free and fair elections in the man known to Ivorians by his initials constitutional court after the electoral future. “ADO”. commission told Prime Minister At the December 15th meeting in National reconciliation remains unfin- Emmanuel Ngondete it would be impos- Gabon’s capital, Libreville, “the Euro- ished, the judiciary is under fire, sible to organise such an election in pean side invited the Gabonese side to and the opposition shunned a referen- December. an intensified political dialogue based on dum in October on a divisive new In his statement, Interior Minister Lam- the conclusions” of the report, the constitution. bert Matha referred to a “shortage of statement said. No fewer than 1,337 candidates were funds” to organise the ballot in time, The talks would raise issues such as standing in the single-round poll, in with the court taking into account the “electoral, institutional and judiciary which winner takes all in each con- “unforseen costs” resulting from clashes reforms to be undertaken to hold credible stituency. which erupted following Gabon’s divi- and transparent elections in the future.” sive August presidential race. The electoral system has forced Ouat- It would also touch on the ongoing tara’s own Rally of Republicans party to The vote was won by incumbent Ali inquiries into post-election violence and find common ground with other parties Bongo by a razor-thin margin of some probes into alleged human rights viola- in the RHDP coalition, particularly its 6,000 votes, sparking two days of tions following two days of violence that main allies in the Cote ^ d’Ivoire Demo- rioting and protests that left three broke out after Bongo’s controversial cratic Party. dead and saw more than 800 people re-election. arrested in this oil-rich central African On December 20th, it was announced nation. The opposition have said 26 people were that the RHDP coalition had won killed during the riots and protests that 65.75% of the vote, winning 167 seats Bongo’s re-election, which was roundly began on August 31st, although official in the National Assembly. rejected by his rival Jean Ping, was government figures put that toll at just confirmed by the country’s top court Provisional results released by the three. on September 23rd. authorities put turnout at 34%, said In a separate development on Decem- the head of the Independent Electoral After his re-election, Bongo proposed ber 16th, a lawyer for Jean Ping Commission (CEI), Issouf Bakayoko. talks with the opposition, which Ping implicitly accused the French authori- (© AFP 18,20/12 2016) has consistently rejected. ties of doing nothing as a “massacre” Radio France Internationale (21/12) “It seems to make good sense to first unfolded in Libreville that night. noted that the vote saw independent begin by ensuring the necessary condi- Speaking in Paris, Emmanuel Altit said a candidates make a large breakthrough tions for dialogue to have a peaceful French military base was “just a few with 75 seats – also a sign for certain legislative election,” said Gabonese hundred metres” (yards) from the oppo- candidates that it was possible to win the Communications Minister Alain-Claude sition headquarters. elections without going through the Bilie Ny Nze. rigours of belonging to a political party. The French forces “could not have been The court decided “to delay the holding For example, Yasmina Ouegnin beat unaware of the helicopters overflying the of elections, which must be held by July Minister Affoussiata Bamba Lamine in headquarters.. . (or) the attacks, the 29th, 2017” and also sanctioned the Cocody, a suburb of Abidjan, and blasts,” Altit said. “prolongation of the mandate of the Olivier Akoto won in Daoukro, beating current legislature” until the vote can be During the night in question, Ping told former minister Niamian N’Goran. held, the ministry said. AFP that he had asked in vain for the French embassy to muster French mili- However, the former ruling party, the Bongo’s Gabonese Democratic Party FPI, which had 187 candidates in the tary and civilian ambulances in Gabon, (PGD) has held a crushing majority of field, won only three seats, one of which a former French colony, to help evacu- 114 of the parliament’s 120 seats since was that of party leader Pascal Affi ate the wounded. the last legislative elections in December N’Guessan. For the former prime min- 2011. At least 20 people were killed in the ister in Laurent Gbagbo’s regime, this is building that night, and an unknown a disappointment vis-a-vis Aboudramane With the current legislature’s mandate number are missing, according to the Sangare who claims to be the true originally due to run out on February opposition and civil groups. representative of the party he founded 27th, 2017, parliamentary elections with the spouses of Gbagbo. Although should have taken place by December The Gabonese government denies the Sangare boycotted the parliamentary 27th. toll. AB C © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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21248 – Africa Research Bulletin Internal Developments elections, he would have watched the The election postponement came the day C^ote d’Ivoire – Legislative Election results with keen interest, comments RFI. after a French weekly newspaper Results (RFI 21/12) Amendments backed p. 21210A reported that the European Union (EU) observers who monitored the August vote had been wiretapped by GABON Gabonese intelligence. Political Party or No. of Seats Poll Postponed Grouping Won On December 16th the EU, one of Gabon’s top donors, said it wanted to Opposition leader Ping still has claims RHDP 167 step up election reform talks. An EU on the presidency. Independents 75 statement said a delegation had met with UDPCI 6 Gabon’s parliamentary elections, which Prime Minister Ngondete to discuss a FPI 3 had been due to take place in December, newly-released report by EU observers Total: 254 Registered voters: 6 268 113 have been postponed for up to seven that criticises President Bongo’s re-elec- Actual voters: 2 137 364 months, the Interior Ministry said, citing tion. Participation rate: 34.1% a lack of funds. The report says “anomalies” during the (www.cei-ci.org/ 20/12) The decision to delay the vote, which vote count “call into question” the poll must now take place no later than July result and lists 11 reforms to ensure 29th, 2017, was taken by Gabon’s fully free and fair elections in the man known to Ivorians by his initials constitutional court after the electoral future. “ADO”. commission told Prime Minister At the December 15th meeting in National reconciliation remains unfin- Emmanuel Ngondete it would be impos- Gabon’s capital, Libreville, “the Euro- ished, the judiciary is under fire, sible to organise such an election in pean side invited the Gabonese side to and the opposition shunned a referen- December. an intensified political dialogue based on dum in October on a divisive new In his statement, Interior Minister Lam- the conclusions” of the report, the constitution. bert Matha referred to a “shortage of statement said. No fewer than 1,337 candidates were funds” to organise the ballot in time, The talks would raise issues such as standing in the single-round poll, in with the court taking into account the “electoral, institutional and judiciary which winner takes all in each con- “unforseen costs” resulting from clashes reforms to be undertaken to hold credible stituency. which erupted following Gabon’s divi- and transparent elections in the future.” sive August presidential race. The electoral system has forced Ouat- It would also touch on the ongoing tara’s own Rally of Republicans party to The vote was won by incumbent Ali inquiries into post-election violence and find common ground with other parties Bongo by a razor-thin margin of some probes into alleged human rights viola- in the RHDP coalition, particularly its 6,000 votes, sparking two days of tions following two days of violence that main allies in the Cote ^ d’Ivoire Demo- rioting and protests that left three broke out after Bongo’s controversial cratic Party. dead and saw more than 800 people re-election. arrested in this oil-rich central African On December 20th, it was announced nation. The opposition have said 26 people were that the RHDP coalition had won killed during the riots and protests that 65.75% of the vote, winning 167 seats Bongo’s re-election, which was roundly began on August 31st, although official in the National Assembly. rejected by his rival Jean Ping, was government figures put that toll at just confirmed by the country’s top court Provisional results released by the three. on September 23rd. authorities put turnout at 34%, said In a separate development on Decem- the head of the Independent Electoral After his re-election, Bongo proposed ber 16th, a lawyer for Jean Ping Commission (CEI), Issouf Bakayoko. talks with the opposition, which Ping implicitly accused the French authori- (© AFP 18,20/12 2016) has consistently rejected. ties of doing nothing as a “massacre” Radio France Internationale (21/12) “It seems to make good sense to first unfolded in Libreville that night. noted that the vote saw independent begin by ensuring the necessary condi- Speaking in Paris, Emmanuel Altit said a candidates make a large breakthrough tions for dialogue to have a peaceful French military base was “just a few with 75 seats – also a sign for certain legislative election,” said Gabonese hundred metres” (yards) from the oppo- candidates that it was possible to win the Communications Minister Alain-Claude sition headquarters. elections without going through the Bilie Ny Nze. rigours of belonging to a political party. The French forces “could not have been The court decided “to delay the holding For example, Yasmina Ouegnin beat unaware of the helicopters overflying the of elections, which must be held by July Minister Affoussiata Bamba Lamine in headquarters.. . (or) the attacks, the 29th, 2017” and also sanctioned the Cocody, a suburb of Abidjan, and blasts,” Altit said. “prolongation of the mandate of the Olivier Akoto won in Daoukro, beating current legislature” until the vote can be During the night in question, Ping told former minister Niamian N’Goran. held, the ministry said. AFP that he had asked in vain for the French embassy to muster French mili- However, the former ruling party, the Bongo’s Gabonese Democratic Party FPI, which had 187 candidates in the tary and civilian ambulances in Gabon, (PGD) has held a crushing majority of field, won only three seats, one of which a former French colony, to help evacu- 114 of the parliament’s 120 seats since was that of party leader Pascal Affi ate the wounded. the last legislative elections in December N’Guessan. For the former prime min- 2011. At least 20 people were killed in the ister in Laurent Gbagbo’s regime, this is building that night, and an unknown a disappointment vis-a-vis Aboudramane With the current legislature’s mandate number are missing, according to the Sangare who claims to be the true originally due to run out on February opposition and civil groups. representative of the party he founded 27th, 2017, parliamentary elections with the spouses of Gbagbo. Although should have taken place by December The Gabonese government denies the Sangare boycotted the parliamentary 27th. toll. AB C © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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