Ivory Coast opposition call for election reform ahead of vote

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Ivory Coast opposition call for election reform ahead of vote  Opposition leaders gathered in Abidjan this weekend, calling for inclusive dialogue and demanding reforms to ensure a fair electoral process  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/06/01/ivory-coast-opposition-call-for-election-reform-ahead-of-vote  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00In Ivory Coast, tensions are rising ahead of the 2025 presidential election.

00:08Opposition leaders gathered in Abidjan this weekend,

00:11calling for inclusive dialogue and demanding reforms to ensure a fair electoral process.

00:17You each came here with your PDC cap, with your Krojep cap, with your MGC cap,

00:23FPI, URD, AIRD, PIP, and all the political parties.

00:29But from the moment you crossed these barriers into this place, you are the children of Ivory Coast.

00:36In a video message from Paris, Coalition President Tijan Thiam denounced the exclusion of opposition figures

00:43from the electoral list, urging the government to stop what he called the instrumentalisation of justice.

00:53We call on President Alassane Ouattara to use the powers granted to him by the Ivorian constitution

01:03to sign an amnesty law and put an end to all of this.

01:13The opposition alliance formed earlier this year is demanding the reinstatement of excluded candidates

01:19and reform of the electoral commission.

01:23With the election set for October 25th, the political climate is heating up fast.

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