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The opposition and the RHDP are exchanging proposals on a new electoral body in Ivory Coast and calling for dialogue.

3 articles from 14 October to 22 October 2026 · 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast

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Simone Gbagbo calls for dialogue on Ivory Coast’s electoral body
🇨🇮 Ivory CoastPolitics22 Oct 2026

Simone Gbagbo calls for dialogue on Ivory Coast’s electoral body

Simone Gbagbo, president of the Movement of Capable Generations, is calling on the Ivorian government and the president to immediately open talks with the opposition on the new electoral body. She also criticised the authorities’ response to the opposition’s call for dialogue on Thursday 22 October 2026, according to L’Infodrome.

Source: L’Infodrome

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  1. Thursday, 22 October 2026

    • Simone Gbagbo calls for dialogue on Ivory Coast’s electoral body

      Simone Gbagbo, president of the Movement of Capable Generations, is calling on the Ivorian government and the president to immediately open talks with the opposition on the new electoral body. She also criticised the authorities’ response to the opposition’s call for dialogue on Thursday 22 October 2026, according to L’Infodrome.

      🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · 21:37

  2. Thursday, 15 October 2026

    • RHDP submits proposals for Ivory Coast’s new electoral body

      Cissé Ibrahima Bacongo, executive secretary of the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), handed Interior Minister Vagondo Diomandé the party’s proposals for creating a new Ivorian electoral body. The move follows the dissolution of the Independent Electoral Commission and forms part of consultations on electoral system reform, according to the RHDP.

      🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · 15:03

  3. Wednesday, 14 October 2026

    • Ivory Coast opposition calls for dialogue on new electoral body

      Ivory Coast’s opposition submitted a letter to the prime minister on 12 October 2026 calling for national dialogue on the composition of the new electoral body. It wants to define an institution responsible for guaranteeing the impartiality of upcoming elections, according to L’Infodrome.

      🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · 01:34

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