00:00Former Ivory Coast President Loro Bagbo has stated that he will not endorse any other candidate in the forthcoming presidential election, despite being declared ineligible to run in the upcoming election.
00:13Bagbo has announced that he will not support any of the candidates approved by the Constitutional Council.
00:18His party spokesperson, May Habib Ature, stated that a lack of consensus and legitimacy among the candidates prevented any endorsement.
00:28To raise a sign that the candidates put forward by the Constitutional Council do not represent the larger political parties in the country.
00:34Among the top contenders in the country's top seats are Simone Bagbo, the former wife for Loro Bagbo,
00:40who is seeking to unseat the current and incumbent president, Alasan Watara.
00:46Bagbo, who has consistently opposed the current president, Alasan Watara's bid for a fourth term,
00:51caused this situation a violation of constitutional law.
00:55Political tensions are escalating as Bagbo and full opposition leaders, Tijan Thiam,
00:59find themselves ineligible to participate in the election due to legal and nationality-related issues, respectively.
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