APA-Abidjan (Ivory Coast) The former president of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, leader of the African Peoples Party – Cote d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), is creating a unit to fight electoral fraud, a little more than four months before the upcoming local and regional elections.
“The President of the African People’s Party – Cote d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), by a decision dated April 25, 2023, has created an anti-fraud body,” reads a note from the party, which added that “Laurent Gbagbo has also decided to appoint Mrs. Habiba Toure as president of the newly created body.”
“The name of this body, as well as the names of all its members, will be made public at a later date during an official party ceremony,” it continued.
The unit is supposed to manage and prevent problems related to electoral disputes.
Cote d’Ivoire will go to the polls on September 2, 2023, for municipal and regional elections.
Senatorial elections are to be held after these elections.
These elections are crucial and will be a test for the parties before the 2025 presidential elections.
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