"Cote d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast, was holding a legislative election on Saturday, two months after President Alassane Ouattara won reelection with his RHDP party. The 83-year-old Ouattara won his bid to extend his 14-year-rule in an October vote marred by accusations of silencing opposition politicians through arbitrary arrests and election bans. Protests calling for a more free presidential election were met with a brutal police crackdown that left eleven people dead and dozens of opposition supporters jailed."
"Despite polls opening an hour late in the capital Abidjan due to torrential rains, voters queued to pass their ballots in what observers considered a two-horse race between the ruling RHDP and the main remaining opposition party PDCI-RDA. The RHDP is expected to maintain its majority in the 255-seat legislature. Opposition party PPA-CI was boycotting the vote after former President Laurent Gbagbo, a member of the party, was barred from running in October."
Cote d'Ivoire held legislative elections two months after President Alassane Ouattara won reelection with his RHDP party. The 83-year-old Ouattara extended a 14-year rule following an October vote accused of silencing opposition politicians through arbitrary arrests and election bans. Protests demanding a freer presidential election were met with a brutal police crackdown that left eleven people dead and dozens of opposition supporters jailed. Despite torrential rains delaying polls in Abidjan, voters queued in a contest seen as a two-horse race between the ruling RHDP and main opposition PDCI-RDA. The RHDP is expected to retain a majority in the 255-seat legislature while PPA-CI boycotted after former President Laurent Gbagbo was barred from running.
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