Ivory Coast: adoption by the Assembly of the bill on the new CEI
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Members of the Ivorian CEI count the results of the legislative elections after the closing of polling stations in Abidjan, March 6, 2021. © ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP
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The Ivorian National Assembly adopted, this Wednesday, November 9, in plenary session, a law allowing the addition of two new posts within the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI).
One way to apply the conclusions of the fifth phase of the Political Dialogue in March.
Despite this, the opposition remains skeptical about the credibility of this institution.
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With our correspondent in Abidjan,
Bineta Diagne
At 10:45 am, Adama Bictogo, the President of the National Assembly opens the debates.
Only one subject is on the agenda: the adoption of a law making it possible to create two new posts within
the Electoral Commission
and to formalize the creation of a 4th post of vice-president.
After some debate on the form, 122 parliamentarians out of 255 voted for this law, which according to the deputy of the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), Fa Moussa Coulibaly, is an “
outstretched hand
” from the president: “
The This bill is the result of a consensus
of all political actors
.
There was therefore no question of reviewing anything in depth.
»
The Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI-RDA) voted against this law.
Henri Konan Bédié's party believes that the CEI is not independent.
“
Of the 18 members of the central commission, 13 are appointed by the party in power and only five are appointed by the opposition
,” explains Simon Doho, president of the PDCI-RDA group.
So we voted "no" to say that the text that was proposed was going to be conflicting.
»
An abstention in the form of an opening for the PPA-CI
Despite its entry into the CEI, the African Peoples' Party (PPA-CI) abstained.
The party of Laurent Gbagbo demanded a post of vice-president within the central commission of the CEI.
A request denied.
“
The PPA-CI, party entering the CEI, enters it to exercise what level of responsibility?
Nothing has been said about it
, ”wonders Hubert Oulaye, president of the PPA-CI group in the Assembly.
For the PPA-CI, this abstention is also a signal of openness in view, he hopes, of new discussions between political parties and the presidential majority.
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