The police surrounded, Tuesday, November 3, the residence of Henri Konan Bédié, leader of the opposition in Côte d'Ivoire, noted AFP journalists, a few hours after the controversial re-election of Alassane Ouattara for a third term.

A hundred men of the police, without entering the residence of the former head of state, fired tear gas to disperse journalists and activists and prevent a press conference from being held, that was to give the opposition, which intends to form "a transitional government".

Inside the residence, the men responsible for the security of Henri Konan Bédié took out Kalashnikovs to prepare to defend him, an AFP journalist testified.

"All options are on the table"

An hour earlier, the government accused the opposition of "conspiring against the authority of the state" and indicated that it had taken legal action "to bring the perpetrators and accomplices of these offenses to court".

"This declaration (of the opposition on the" transition ") as well as the violence perpetrated following the active boycott, constitute acts of attack and conspiracy against the authority of the State and the integrity of the national territory Justice Minister Sansan Kambile said at a press conference.

Asked about a possible arrest of the opposition leaders, Sansan Kanbile replied: "All options are on the table. He (the prosecutor) will be able to calmly consider all the options at his disposal."

A climate of tension and gunfire

Alassane Ouattara, 78, was proclaimed at dawn on Tuesday reelected by the Independent Electoral Commission for a controversial third term, on the river score of 94.27% of the vote in the first round, the opposition having boycotted the ballot that s 'is held on Saturday.

The electoral process gave rise to deadly violence.

About 40 people have been killed since August, including at least nine since the vote on Saturday.

Monday evening, detonations caused by unidentified individuals, which did not cause any injuries, resounded in front of the homes in Abidjan of four opposition leaders, including that of Henri Konan Bédié.

The presidential election took place in a climate of tension, and the fear of an escalation of violence is still present, ten years after the crisis which followed the presidential election of 2010, killing 3,000, following the president's refusal Laurent Gbagbo, who had been in power since 2000, to recognize his defeat against Alassane Ouattara.

With AFP

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