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Ivory Coast court blocks ex-president Gbagbo from seeking re-election

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A court in Ivory Coast has confirmed the decision of the country’s electoral commission to strike off former president Laurent Gbagbo from the electoral list, his lawyer told AFP Tuesday.

“It’s a definitive no,” Claude Mentenon told AFP, adding that there was no further legal recourse inside Ivory Coast.

President of the Independent Electoral Commission , Ibrahime Coulibaly-Kuibiert, said back in August when the revised electoral list was revealed that anyone convicted of a crime would be struck from the list of candidates.The world’s top cocoa grower remains scarred by a brief civil war that erupted after 2010 elections, when Gbagbo, then president, refused to cede to the victor, Ouattara. Months of ensuing violence claimed around 3,000 lives.

 

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