00:00A court in Ivory Course ruled on Tuesday that opposition leader and former Credit Suisse
00:07Chief Executive Tijan Thiam should be removed from the electoral roll because he was a French
00:13national when he registered. The decision, which cannot be appealed, could end the Ivorian-born
00:19Thiam's ambition to run in the world's top cocoa-producing nation's presidential election.
00:24The issue of nationality has been a destruction in Tijan's campaign for several months,
00:29born in Ivory Course. He acquired French nationality in 1987 and renounced it in March in order
00:35to run for president. As candidates cannot hold dual nationality in the election, the Ivorian-born
00:40scams have denounced the decision. However, it's open and cited Article 48 of the nationality
00:46coordinating from the 1960s, which states that acquiring another nationality leads to the
00:51loss of Ivorian nationality. This rule, however, does not apply to individuals who are dual
00:56nationals by Ba'at.
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