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· Ivory Coast’s ruling party won an absolute majority in parliament, the country’s electoral commission announced yesterday, three days after the parliamentary vote
· Yesterdaywww.trendsnafrica.com has reported about the claims and counterclaims of the ruling and opposition parties, notwithstanding an official communication later in the day confirming the ruling party’s majority in the elections
Ivory Coast’s ruling party won an absolute majority in parliament, the country’s electoral commission announced yesterday, three days after the parliamentary vote Yesterdaywww.trendsnafrica.com has reported about the claims and counterclaims of the ruling and opposition parties, notwithstanding an official communication later in the day confirming the ruling party’s majority in the elections.
Now, the electoral commission announced President Alassane Ouattara’s Houphouëtists’ party for Democracy and Peace party (RHDP) had won a majority of seats — 137 seats– in the 255-seat National Assembly. The vote comes just months after Ouattara won a third term in an election marred by unrest that killed at least 85 people.
But the parliamentary election passed off peacefully, in a sign of hope that the West African country can emerge from recent violence. Ouattara’s party was challenged by opposition parties led by two of his predecessors, Henri Konan Bedie and Laurent Gbagbo.
