Four prominent Ivorian opposition figures, including former President Laurent Gbagbo and Democratic Party leader Tidjane Thiam, have been excluded from the final electoral list, according to the Independent Electoral Commission.
The move bars them from contesting the October 25 presidential election or voting, amid concerns of democratic decline in the country still healing from past conflicts.
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Thiam described his exclusion as an “eloquent example” of Ivory Coast’s democratic erosion, while Gbagbo’s African Peoples’ Party said the government ignored calls for dialogue.
Former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, who was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for an attempted coup, is also excluded; meanwhile, President Ouattara remains eligible but has yet to announce if he will seek a fourth term.
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