Constitutional Council (Ivory Coast)

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The Constitutional Council of Ivory Coast (French Conseil constitutionnel ) or CC for short is an Ivorian authority. As of 2003, Yanon Yapo was the President of the Council. In August 2009, this was replaced by Paul Yao-Ndré , a confidante of the then President, Laurent Gbagbo .

The Constitutional Council has to confirm the official final result and is therefore the final authority on electoral legislation.

That is why the appointment of Paul Yao-Ndré as President of the Constitutional Council was criticized by the opposition as an interference with the neutrality of the electoral jurisdiction. However, this took place in accordance with the constitution because the former president was at the end of his mandate.

history

The Constitutional Council was established on August 16, 1994 by Law 94-438 as an Ivorian institution.

On the evening of November 30, 2010, the first attempt at the headquarters of the Independent Electoral Commission to announce the final results of the 2010 presidential elections failed . When the CEI spokesman announced the first partial results, Damana Adia Pickass , a supporter of the then President Laurent Gbagbo , prevented him by force and with the words “ We did not authorize these results. “Carrying on in front of the cameras.

On the night of December 1 and 2, 2010, the chairman of the electoral commission Bakayoko announced Alassane Ouattara's victory with 54 percent. Gbagbo appealed to the Constitutional Council against this decision. The Constitutional Council approved the proposal because it was not announced in due time. He canceled the results in seven northern provinces and the Ivorians living in the diaspora in France, and declared Gbagbo the election winner. The country thus had two presidents. The result was a bloody government crisis that lasted for months.

Choi Young-Jin , head of the ONUCI , criticized the fact that the Constitutional Council had not carried out a substantive examination of the results, which would not have been possible in this short time, but apparently as long as the results of individual electoral districts had been declared invalid until Gbagbo had a majority would have. It would not have been enough to cancel the results of the three or four regions initially criticized.

The Constitutional Council also announced an investigation into election complaints after Gbagbo's party sought to cancel election results in three constituencies in the north. These are the regions of Savanes , Denguélé and Worodougou .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ passation des charges au Constitutional Council: Yanon Yapo: "C'est douloureux de partir ...". ( Memento from July 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Klaus D. Loetzer, Anja Casper: Two presidents and no way out of the political crisis. In: Konrad Adenauer Foundation . December 22, 2010, accessed April 8, 2011 .
  3. ^ Johannes Dieterich: Attack on the opposition candidate. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . December 1, 2010, accessed April 8, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Ivory Coast has two presidents. In: Spiegel Online . December 4, 2010, accessed April 8, 2011 .
  5. ^ A b Présidentielle ivoirienne: Paul Yao N'Dré invalide les résultats provisoires, l'ONU bull market le ton. In: Jeune Afrique. December 2, 2010, accessed January 7, 2011 (French).
  6. ↑ Electoral Commission: Opposition candidate wins presidential election. In: The Standard . December 2, 2010, accessed April 8, 2011 .

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